nssilva / awesome-websockets

A curated list of Websocket libraries and resources.

Awesome WebSockets

A curated list of WebSockets related principles and technologies.

Table of Contents

• Tools per Language
  • Agnostic
  • C
  • C++
  • C
  • Erlang
  • Go
  • Java VM
    • Clojure
    • Java
    • Scala
  • Node.js
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Protocols and APIs
• Real Life Stories
• Security
• Theory
  • Articles & Papers
  • Talks
  • Tutorials
  • Books
  • Sites
• License
• Contributing
• Acknowledgments

Tools per Language

Agnostic

• Websocketd - WebSockets the UNIX way - Full duplex messaging between web browsers and servers.
• Nchan - Nchan is a scalable, flexible pub/sub server for the modern web, built as a module for the Nginx web server.
• Apache-websocket - Apache WebSocket module.

C

• Libwebsockets - It's a lightweight pure C library built to use minimal CPU and memory resources, and provide fast throughput in both directions as client or server.
• Libwebsock - C library for easy WebSockets server.
• Websocket - A websocket server written in C.

C++

• Websocketpp - C++ websocket client/server library.
• QtWebSockets - The QtWebSockets module is an add-on for the Qt5 library.
• Beast - HTTP and WebSocket implementations built on Boost.Asio in C++11.
• µWebSockets - Highly scalable WebSocket server & client library.

C#

• ASP.NET SignalR - Incredibly simple real-time web for .NET.
• WebSocketListener - A lightweight and highly scalable asynchronous WebSocket server for .NET/Mono.

Erlang

• Sockjs-erlang - WebSocket emulation - Erlang server.
• Cowboy - Small, fast, modular HTTP server written in Erlang.
• Bullet - Simple, reliable, efficient streaming for Cowboy.
• Kraken - Distributed Pubsub Server for Realtime Apps.

Go

• Gorilla Websocket Toolkit - A WebSocket implementation for Go.
• Websocket - Package websocket implements a client and server for the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455.

Java VM

Clojure

• Sente - Realtime web comms for Clojure/Script.
• Chord - A library designed to bridge the gap between the triad of CLJ/CLJS, web-sockets and core.async.
• Luminusweb - Luminus is a Clojure micro-framework based on a set of lightweight libraries.

Java

• Project Tyrus - JSR 356: Java API for WebSocket - Reference Implementation.
• Java-WebSocket - A barebones WebSocket client and server implementation written in 100% Java.
• Atmosphere - Realtime Client Server Framework for the JVM, supporting WebSockets with Cross-Browser Fallbacks.
• Webbit - A Java event based WebSocket and HTTP server.

Scala

• Play - The high velocity web framework for Java and Scala.

Node.js

• Socket.IO - Featuring the fastest and most reliable real-time engine.
• Nodejs-websocket - A node.js module for websocket server and client.
• WebSocket-Node - A WebSocket Implementation for Node.JS (Draft -08 through the final RFC 6455).
• Sockjs-node - WebSocket emulation - Node.js server.
• Ws - ws: The fastest cross platform RFC-6455 WebSocket implementation for Node.js.

Perl

• Net::WebSocket::Server - A straightforward Perl WebSocket server with minimal dependencies.

PHP

• Ratchet - Ratchet is a loosely coupled PHP library providing developers with tools to create real time, bi-directional applications between clients and servers over WebSockets.
• Php-websocket - A simple PHP WebSocket implementation for PHP 5.3.
• Phpws - PHP Web Socket server.

Python

• Websockets - Websockets is a library for developing WebSocket servers and clients in Python.
• Ws4py - A WebSocket package for Python.
• Autobahn.ws - Open-source real-time framework for Web, Mobile & Internet of Things.
• Tornado - Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed.

Ruby

• Em-websocket - EventMachine based WebSocket server.
• Faye-websocket-ruby - Standards-compliant WebSocket client and server.
• Websocket-driver-ruby - WebSocket protocol handler with pluggable I/O.
• Websocket-ruby - Universal Ruby library to handle WebSocket protocol.
• Scorched - Light-weight web framework for Ruby.
• Firehose - Build realtime Ruby web applications. Created by the fine folks at Poll Everywhere.

Protocols and APIs

• RFC6455 - The WebSocket Protocol.
• The WebSocket API - The W3C The WebSocket API.
• Hixie76 - The WebSocket protocol draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol-76

Real Life Stories

• The top 10 realtime web apps
• Super sync sports
• Firepad
• JabbR
• Kaazing

Security

• WebSockets - An Introduction - The problems and some security implications of websockets - Cross-site WebSockets Scripting (XSWS).
• Hacking with WebSockets - A talk on Blackhat USA 2012 Conference.
• Testing WebSockets - This article is part of the new OWASP Testing Guide v4.
• Websockets Auth - Journey into WebSockets Authentication/Authorization.
• Kaazing - HTML5 WebSocket Security is Strong.

Theory

Articles & Papers

• An introduction to Websockets - A Brief History of Real-Time Web Applications.
• Introducing WebSockets: Bringing Sockets to the Web - The Problem: Low Latency Client-Server and Server-Client Connections.
• About HTML5 WebSocket - About HTML5 WebSocket.
• Node.js WebSocket - Finding the right Node.js WebSocket implementation.
• Websockets 101 - Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings (creator of Flask).
• Real-time Apps - Building Real-time Apps with Websockets & Server-Sent Events.
• Real-Time Web by Paul Banks - The State of Real-Time Web in 2016.
• Are WebSockets the future? - WebSockets, caution required!
• MSDN Microsoft Blog - The Dangers of HTML5: WebSockets and Stable Standards.
• Webpush Internet-Draft - Generic Event Delivery Using HTTP Push.

Talks

• Initial Steps to Use Websocket-rails - This is the very initial steps to use websocket-rails.

Tutorials

• Honeybadger.IO - Building a simple websockets server from scratch in Ruby.
• Engineyard - Getting Started with Ruby and WebSockets.

Books

• WebSocket - Lightweight Client-Server Communications. Andrew Lombardi.
• The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket - Build Real-Time Applications with HTML5. By Vanessa Wang, Frank Salim, and Peter Moskovits.
• Getting Started with HTML5 WebSocket Programming - Develop and deploy your first secure and scalable real-time web application. Vangos Pterneas.

Sites

• WebSocket ORG - The one-stop-shop for all your websocket needs.
• WebSockets MDN - WebSockets Mozilla Developer Network (MDN).

License

Contributing

Please, read the Contribution Guidelines before submitting your suggestion.

Feel free to open an issue or create a pull request with your additions.

Thanks!

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