# protoo-client

> protoo JavaScript client module

Latest version **4.0.8** (published 2026-03-15) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install protoo-client
pnpm add protoo-client
yarn add protoo-client
bun add protoo-client
```

## Health

**Score 53/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.8 |
| Published | 2026-03-15 |
| First published | 2015-02-23 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/protoo-client) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=8.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 20 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 177 |
| Author | Iñaki Baz Castillo |
| Maintainers | ibc |
| Keywords | nodejs, browser, websocket |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/protoo-client
- Repository: https://github.com/ibc/protoo
- Homepage: https://protoo.versatica.com
- Issues: https://github.com/ibc/protoo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/protoo-client

## Dependencies (3)

- [debug](https://npm.io/package/debug.md) ^4.4.3
- [retry](https://npm.io/package/retry.md) ^0.13.1
- [events](https://npm.io/package/events.md) ^3.3.0

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## Recent versions

- 4.0.8 (latest) — 2026-03-15
- 4.0.7 — 2025-10-04
- 4.0.6 — 2021-01-27
- 4.0.5 — 2020-12-16
- 4.0.4 — 2020-04-24
- 4.0.3 — 2019-04-22
- 4.0.2 — 2019-03-07
- 4.0.1 — 2019-02-05
- 4.0.0 — 2019-02-05
- 3.0.3 — 2018-12-18
- 3.0.2 — 2018-10-18
- 3.0.1 — 2018-08-23
- 3.0.0 — 2018-02-28
- 2.0.7 — 2018-01-18
- 2.0.6 — 2018-01-18
- … 21 more at https://npm.io/package/protoo-client/versions

## README

# protoo-client

[![][npm-shield-protoo-client]][npm-protoo-client]
[![][travis-ci-shield-protoo]][travis-ci-protoo]

**protoo** is a minimalist and extensible Node.js signaling framework for multi-party Real-Time Communication applications.

This is the **protoo** client side JavaScript library for browser and Node.js.


## Website and documentation

* [protoo.versatica.com][protoo-website]


## Breaking changes in v4

* In **protoo-server**:
  - `peer.send()` has been renamed to `peer.request()`.
  - `room.spread()` has been removed.

* In **protoo-client**:
  - `peer.send()` has been renamed to `peer.request()`.


## Author

Iñaki Baz Castillo ([@ibc](https://github.com/ibc/) at Github)


## License

MIT




[protoo-website]: https://protoo.versatica.com
[npm-shield-protoo-client]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/protoo-client.svg
[npm-protoo-client]: https://npmjs.org/package/protoo-client
[travis-ci-shield-protoo]: https://travis-ci.com/versatica/protoo.svg?branch=master
[travis-ci-protoo]: https://travis-ci.com/versatica/protoo

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