WSServer

A small, fast, configurable, extendable WebSocket server.

The newest version of the server was released at: 2020-12-10. The current version of the WSServer is v2.1.0.

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WSServer is configurable using a JSON configuration file. The server can be configured in a vast number of ways.

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Configuration

Extensively tested using the Autobahn Testsuite and unit tests written with Criterion.

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Testsuite

We further strive to have as much code covered as possible.

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Code Coverage

We strive to keep the source code well commented. Moreover we autogenerate documentation of the source code.

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Documentation

WSServer is highly extendable. You can add your own extensions and subprotocols as long as they adhere to a simple API.

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Extendability

WSServer runs out of the box with no dependencies. However to enable features such as WebSockets over TLS (wss://) and compression (permessage-deflate extension), OpenSSL, WolfSSL, LibreSSL or BoringSSL and zlib must be installed.

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Dependencies

WSServer strive to support Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD.

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