iOS RTMP streaming library - LFLiveKit vs VideoCore lib vs alternative

Question

We're using VideoCore lib for a live streaming app and started to reach certain limits e.g. project maintenance, saving the stream, portrait-oriented video formatting, external camera sources, etc.

Looking for an alternative iOS RTMP streaming library, one that is more up to date. Any tested suggestions? Thank you!

Answer 1

• HaishinKit (formerly lf) - github.com/shogo4405/lf.swift (swift, iOS/macOS, recent, well maintained) *621
• LaiFeng iOS Live Kit - github.com/LaiFengiOS/LFLiveKit (filters, well established) *2250

  LFLiveKit IOS mobile phone push code - github.com/chenliming777/LMLiveStreaming *647

• VideoCore - github.com/jgh-/VideoCore (outdated, well established) *1343
• KSY Live iOS SDK - github.com/ksvc/KSYLive_iOS (more filters, recent) *307

Other

• Broadcast iOS SDK - cocoapods.org/pods/cineio-broadcast-ios
• MediaLibDemos3x - github.com/slavavdovichenko/MediaLibDemos3x *199

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Other (Paid)

• Low latency GPU Streaming Library for iOS - onlinelib·de/streaming/ ($$?)
• VideoStream SDK Objective-C framework for iOS - videostreamsdk·com ($$$, FFMPEG license?)
• VideoKit streaming framework for iOS - iosvideokit·com ($$$+)
• Larix Mobile Broadcasting SDK - wmspanel·com/mobile_library ($$)
• Streamaxia OpenSDK - streamaxia·com/opensdk-ios-rtmp-library ($$)

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LaiFeng iOS Live Kit has more features, iOS only. If sharing code base between iOS and macOS HaishinKit (LF) seems to be a better choice, also note Emmanouil Nicolas's answer regarding HaishinKit lf.swift completely written in swift and is constantly updated (!) Also take a look at the project mentioned by Emmanouil: ltebean/Live

Testing both HaishinKit and LaiFeng iOS Live Kit libraries with Cameleon and publishing the result here.