# Data channel implementation status

**URL:** <https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88>\
**Category:** mediasoup libraries\
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88 "2019-06-15T07:33:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![renozzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@renozzz](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/renozzz)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88/1 "2019-06-15T07:33:26Z")

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Hi guys

What’s the status of the implementation of data channels ?

With data channels implemented mediasoup would have been absolute gold for multiplayer games and 3D apps. Currently, there is no way (apart from WebRTC Data Channels) to stream data via udp from the browser.

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**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88/2 "2019-06-16T19:24:58Z")

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There will be news about it soon. However, take into account that our time and resources are limited no matter how much cool a feature is.

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**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88/3 "2019-06-24T17:49:07Z")

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> [@Working in DataChannel implementation](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/working-in-datachannel-implementation/104):
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> Hi all, We are finally implementing proper DataChannel support in mediasoup and its client side libraries. We’ll try to have it ready in ~2 months from now. The overall design is explained in the wiki: [https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/wiki/DataChannel](https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/wiki/DataChannel) Work is being done in the new “datachannel” branch in both mediasoup and mediasoup-client projects: [https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup-client/compare/datachannel](https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup-client/compare/datachannel)[https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/compare/datachannel](https://github.com/versatica/mediasoup/compare/datachannel) We’ll ann…

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**Author:** ![ibc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/ibc/32/1540_2.png) [@ibc](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/ibc)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/data-channel-implementation-status/88/4 "2019-12-02T23:10:48Z")

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