Kawai Kiwi 🎥

A retro-styled Omegle clone

What's This? 🤔

Remember Omegle? Yeah, that random video chat thing. Well, this is like that, but with a cool retro CRT monitor vibe because why not? Plus, I make sure you're a real person by asking you to sign in with Google first.

The Cool Stuff 🚀

Frontend

• Built with SvelteKit 5 ( because I like it )
• With retro CRT monitor aesthetic using TailwindCSS
• Hosted on Firebase hosting

Authentication

• Firebase Auth (aka Google Sign-in)
• Simple, fast, and gets the job done

Backend(s) - A Tale of Two Servers

First Version - Deno

• Originally built with Deno 2.2 ( because it's just so simple )
• SocketIO for the faster signaling between peers
• Enjoyed Deno very much, but it can't be hosted on my server ( Yes Coolify )
• Had to move away ( Also the socketio admin dashboard does not work )

Second Version - Node.js

• Current production backend
• SocketIO as signaling server ( with admin dashboard this time )
• Configured with CORS and used firebase admin SDK for SocketIO middleware based auth

The main thing: WebRTC

Built from scratch with type safety

• Peer-to-peer video chat
• A rollercoaster of emotions during development
• Learnt a lot

Security Notice 🛡️

Before you get any funny ideas:

• The socket server is hosted on a private VPS of my own money
• Protected by Firebase Auth
• Also have some firewall rules
• Please don't try to DDoS it ( please don't )

Try It Out!

Head over to https://kawaikiwi.iswar.me/ and see the app

1. Sign in with your Google account
2. Wait to be paired with another peer ( or use a different browser )
3. You can also use the same account on different devices at the same time

Why Did I Build This?

WebRTC is cool and I wanted to learn it properly!

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Built with 💖 and probably too much free time