--- title: Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC description: Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC Taran Arora shares his tips on how to build a video chat app using JavaScript and NodeJS. It will... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-video-chat-app-with-node-js-socket-io-webrtc-rwobpbgiy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC | daily.dev og:description: Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC Taran Arora shares his tips on how to build a video chat app using JavaScript and NodeJS. It will... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-video-chat-app-with-node-js-socket-io-webrtc-rwobpbgiy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rWobpbGIy.png og:image:alt: Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · [@itstaranarora](https://daily.dev/itstaranarora) · 8 min read · 121 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC Taran Arora shares his tips on how to build a video chat app using JavaScript and NodeJS. It will also show you how to use PeerJS,WebRTC, and Nodemon to build the app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 4 upvotes > Wonderful demo and example! > > I like the use of rooms. **@devguy51** · 2 upvotes > That was a good one! I couldn't figure out how to use node.js when building my own video chat app, but it feels easier now. **@koji** · 1 upvotes > Pretty good stuff! **@oshimin** · 0 upvotes > Good **@w3collective** · 0 upvotes > Nice and easy to follow along with thanks for posting :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#webrtc](https://daily.dev/tags/webrtc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-video-chat-app-with-node-js-socket-io-webrtc-rwobpbgiy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-video-chat-app-with-node-js-socket-io-webrtc-rwobpbgiy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-video-chat-app-with-node-js-socket-io-webrtc-rwobpbgiy"},"datePublished":"2021-03-28T21:49:10.432Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:29:42.979Z","description":"Building a Video Chat App with Node.js + Socket.io + WebRTC Taran Arora shares his tips on how to build a video chat app using JavaScript and NodeJS. 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I couldn’t figure out how to use node.js when building my own video chat app, but it feels easier now.","datePublished":"2021-03-29T19:46:30.444Z","dateModified":"2022-01-04T19:41:18.911Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rWobpbGIy#c-mNtrYKyX-","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Akul Goel","url":"https://daily.dev/devguy51","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GhbzjX3iU6bqjbhv4dm9KaLoKPnyHYdYKjIF-hx=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Pretty good stuff!","datePublished":"2021-04-02T17:03:26.742Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rWobpbGIy#c-c4Ru7NZ2V","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Koji","url":"https://daily.dev/koji","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--pSkcfvwl--/f_auto/v1711296923/avatars/avatar_cb4fffe8d6d8461996464dfa69ee589c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good","datePublished":"2021-03-30T19:15:44.695Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rWobpbGIy#c-PDGyC5m1y","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Badinga Ulrich","url":"https://daily.dev/oshimin","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/434075?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice and easy to follow along with thanks for posting :)","datePublished":"2021-06-17T06:56:16.673Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rWobpbGIy#c-pOV9Aw83g","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Burrows","url":"https://daily.dev/w3collective","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76132336?v=4"}}]} ```