websocketd

Anything as a websocket.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

All your code needs to do is write to stdout and read from stdin. websocketd deals with managing the websocket endpoint. This means you can add websockets to any application in any language. Single binary runs on all platforms - minimal dependencies (written in Go). Includes WebSocket developer console. Open source.

Tradeoffs

Designed as a quick and simple way to get websockets working - each connection opens a new process, which may not work well at scale.

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