Summary: Q-Consultation Lite is QuickBlox’s open-source application for video consultations. Developers can explore its client and provider experiences, customize the code, and see how video, messaging, waiting rooms, and AI assistance work together in one consultation flow.
Introduction
Building a video consultation app takes more than adding a call screen. Clients need a way to join, wait, and communicate; providers need a way to see who is waiting, start a session, and follow up. Q-Consultation Lite brings those pieces together in an open-source application available on GitHub.
QuickBlox released Lite in 2023. Its source code remains available for developers to explore and adapt, although QuickBlox no longer actively maintains the Lite project. This guide walks through what the app includes and how it can serve as a starting point for your own video consultation experience.
What Is Q-Consultation Lite?
Q-Consultation Lite is an open-source web application for online consultations. It includes separate experiences for the client joining a session and the provider running it. The application uses QuickBlox services for video calling, messaging, and shared data, with its own application API connecting those services to the consultation workflow.
Developers can view and adapt the code on GitHub. The repository includes an MIT license and documentation covering setup, deployment, and customization. Lite is a useful place to see how a complete consultation experience fits together, from a client’s arrival in the waiting room to the provider’s conversation and follow-up.
What Features Are Included in Q-Consultation Lite?
Video and audio consultations. Clients and providers can connect in a private video session. The app also includes camera selection and screen sharing.
Messaging and file sharing. Chat gives participants a way to communicate alongside a call, share files, and revisit their conversation history.
Waiting rooms and live queues. Clients can wait for a provider in a virtual room. Providers can see and manage the queue, bringing clients into private consultations when they are ready.
Client and provider profiles. Separate application views give each participant the screens and actions they need. Authentication, profiles, and invitations help organize access to sessions.
Notes and consultation history. The application includes ways to capture and share notes and review past messages and calls.
Call recording. Recording gives teams a way to keep a record of a session when it is appropriate for their use case.
Together, these features show how a call fits into a service experience with communication before, during, and after the session.
How Does AI Fit Into Q-Consultation Lite?
Q-Consultation Lite includes an OpenAI integration that developers can explore alongside its consultation features. The app brings AI into the human conversation in several ways:
- Answer Assist generates a suggested reply to a client’s question during chat. The provider reviews and edits the draft before sending it.
- AI Rephrase helps a provider adjust the wording or tone of a drafted message before sharing it.
- Audio transcription turns recorded speech into text to help document or review a consultation.
Answer Assist is an example of human-led AI assistance: the provider stays in the conversation and decides whether to use a suggestion. Developers can explore the implementation through the Q-Consultation Lite developer documentation.
What Can Developers Customize?
The available application code gives developers a starting point for changing branding, screens, and consultation workflows. You might adapt the waiting room, tailor the information clients provide before a call, adjust how providers manage the queue, or connect the experience to your own service.
The project has three main parts: a client application, a provider application, and an application API. QuickBlox provides the underlying chat and video services. That division lets developers shape the consultation experience while using QuickBlox communication infrastructure.
Start with the GitHub repository and developer documentation, then follow one client from arrival through the video call and follow-up to understand the app’s structure.
Is Q-Consultation Lite or Q-Consultation Right for You?
Choose Lite if you want open-source application code to examine and adapt. It provides a starting point for shaping a consultation experience around your own product.
Choose Q-Consultation if you want a supported white-label platform. It combines branded video and chat with waiting rooms, scheduling, queue management, and current AI features, with managed and other deployment options available to fit your requirements.
Both paths build on QuickBlox’s communication capabilities. The choice is whether your team wants to develop from the Lite application code or launch and configure a supported product.
Explore Q-Consultation Lite on GitHub · Explore Q-Consultation
Additional Resources
Explore these guides for more on the communication tools behind a video consultation app:
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