A living knowledge base tracking the Media over QUIC protocol ecosystem. Updated daily by an LLM from Slack, GitHub, IETF mailing list, and datatracker.
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IETF Drafts
| Draft | Version | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| moq-transport | draft-18 | Active | Core publish/subscribe transport protocol over QUIC/WebTransport (published 2026-05-12) |
| moq-msf | draft-01 | Active | MOQT Streaming Format - media delivery over MOQT (-01 published 2026-06-02) |
| moq-loc | draft-02 | Active | Low Overhead Media Container for interactive streaming |
| moq-secure-objects | draft-00 | Active | End-to-end authenticated encryption for MOQT objects |
| moq-privacy-pass | draft-02 | Active | Privacy-preserving authentication via Privacy Pass tokens |
| moq-cmsf | draft-01 | Active | CMAF-compliant extension of MSF (-01 published 2026-06-03) |
| moq-moqpack | draft-00 | Individual | QPACK compression for MOQT control messages |
| moq-media-interop | draft-03 | Individual (expires Apr 23) | Media wire format over LOC for H.264/Opus/AAC |
| moq-lite | draft-04 | Individual | Simplified transport protocol by Luke Curley |
| moq-nmsf | draft-01 | Individual | Neural Video Codec Packaging for MSF |
| moq-msfts | draft-00 | Individual | MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for MSF (m2ts) |
| moq-locmaf | draft-00 | Individual (NEW 2026-06-02) | Low Overhead CMAF for Media over QUIC — Torbjörn Einarsson + Hugo Björs |
| compressed-mp4 | draft-00 | Individual | Varint compression scheme for ISO BMFF / fMP4 (96 → ~21 bytes per fragment) |
For a complete list of all 24+ related individual Internet-Drafts, see the IETF Datatracker MOQ documents page. Notable individual drafts not yet covered in the wiki include: draft-duke-moq-subscribe-rewind-02 (Rewind subscription filter), draft-pardue-moq-qlog-moq-events-06 (qlog event definitions), draft-lcurley-moq-hang-01 (Hang media layer), draft-englishm-moq-cdn-provisioning-00 (CDN provisioning), and draft-englishm-moq-relay-dos-00 (relay DoS considerations).
Protocol Concepts
- publish-subscribe - Core pub/sub model and message flow
- relays - Relay architecture and CDN integration
- subgroups-and-objects - Data model: tracks, groups, subgroups, objects (+ wire-format diff 14/16/17)
- streams-and-framing - Stream classes and code points across drafts 14/16/17
- joining-fetch - Mechanisms for joining a live stream mid-session
- qmux - QUIC multiplexing over TCP for fallback transport
- track-properties - Object and track metadata system (Extensions → Properties rename)
Design Debates
- switch-abr - SWITCH message for client-side ABR (most debated open issue)
- joining-fetch-dissent - Competing proposals for joining live streams
- open-issues-analysis - Full evaluation of all open issues (April 2026)
Media & Streaming
- media-packaging - LOC vs CMAF container approaches
- adaptive-bitrate - ABR switching in MOQ
- catalog-format - Track catalog and delta updates
Implementations
- moq-dev - Luke Curley’s Rust+TypeScript monorepo (moq-lite + Hang player)
- moq-rs - Cloudflare’s IETF-aligned Rust implementation (cloudflare/moq-rs)
- moq-js - IETF-aligned JavaScript/browser library (video-dev/moq-js)
- moxygen - Meta’s C++ relay (mvfst-based)
- libquicr - Cisco’s C++ library with Go bindings
- aiomoqt - Python async implementation
- xquic-moq - Alibaba’s XQUIC-based implementation
- moqlivemock - Eyevinn’s Go transport + JS CMSF player (draft-14/16, DRM)
- moqtail - Publisher, subscriber, and relay with LOC + CMSF demos (draft-14)
- imquic - Meetecho’s C library, also supports RoQ (draft-16/17)
- quiche-moq - Google’s C++ MoQT in Chromium’s QUICHE library (draft-16)
- shaka-player - Google’s media player with experimental MSF/CMSF support incl. DRM (draft-14)
- openmoq - Industry consortium (Akamai, Cisco, RED5, YouTube, etc.) with moxygen fork and relay testing
- moqintosh - Pure-Swift iOS client by gazzy / Toshiro Igarashi (draft-14, client-only)
- Moqtopus - C++/MsQuic client for Unreal Engine by Kota Yatagai (kota-yata/Moqtopus, announced June 4 2026; targeting draft-18 for the London interop)
Draft Version Support Summary
| Implementation | Language | Draft Version(s) | GitHub |
|---|---|---|---|
| moq-dev | Rust + TS | moq-lite + IETF shims (14-17) | moq-dev/moq |
| moq-rs | Rust | 14 (main), 07 (prod) | cloudflare/moq-rs |
| moq-js | TypeScript | 14 | video-dev/moq-js |
| moxygen | C++ | 14, 15, 16 | facebookexperimental/moxygen |
| libquicr / quicr-go | C++ / Go | 16 | quicr/libquicr, Quicr/quicr-go |
| aiomoqt | Python | 14 + 16 (dual) | gmarzot/aiomoqt |
| moqlivemock | Go / JS | 14, 16 | Eyevinn/moqtransport, Eyevinn/moqlivemock, Eyevinn/warp-player, demo |
| moqtail | Rust/TS | 14 | moqtail/moqtail |
| imquic | C | 16, 17 | meetecho/imquic |
| quiche-moq | C++ | 16 | google/quiche |
| shaka-player | JavaScript | 14 (experimental) | shaka-project/shaka-player |
| xquic-moq | C | 14 | Alibaba (see interop-runner) |
| moqintosh | Swift (iOS) | 14 | t-gazzy/Moqintosh |
People & Organizations
- alan-frindell - Meta, editor of moq-transport
- ian-swett - Google, editor of moq-transport
- suhas-nandakumar - Cisco, author of moq-transport, secure-objects, LOC
- victor-vasiliev - Google, author of moq-transport, quiche-moq developer
- luke-curley - moq-rs creator, active implementer
- will-law - Akamai, editor of MSF/CMSF
- mike-english - Cloudflare, maintainer of moq-rs/moq-js, interop runner
- lorenzo-miniero - Meetecho, Janus-based implementation
- martin-duke - Google, rewind proposal, quiche-moq developer
- Torbjörn Einarsson - Eyevinn, co-author of LOCMAF, author of moqlivemock/warp-player, wiki maintainer
Active Discussions
- discussions-2026-06 - June 2026 discussions
- discussions-2026-05 - May 2026 discussions
- discussions-2026-04 - April 2026 discussions
- discussions-2026-03 - March 2026 discussions (IETF 125 Shenzhen)
- discussions-2026-02 - February 2026 discussions (Boulder Interim + Hackathon)
- discussions-2026-01 - January 2026 discussions (draft-16 release)
Meetings
- interim-meetings - Interim meeting schedule and links to notes/recordings
Interop
- interop-runner - Standardized cross-implementation test framework
- interop-status - Current interop testing status across implementations
- interop-endpoints - Public relay endpoints for testing
Community Resources
- IETF Datatracker — MOQ WG — Canonical list of all WG and related individual drafts
- MoQ Monthly — Periodic newsletter summarizing MoQ ecosystem activity, by Mike English
- Demuxed MoQ Talks — Curated playlist of MoQ-related conference talks
- Montevideo Tech Summer Camp — Annual open-source collaboration event with MoQ projects (2025, 2026)
- moq.dev Discord — Community chat for MoQ developers, run by Luke Curley
- Mailing List Archive — moq@ietf.org IETF mailing list
- Slack moq — Primary developer chat in quicdev workspace