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Comparison of WebSocket implementations

October 18, 2023

The WebSocket protocol is implemented in different web browsers, web servers, and run-time environments and libraries acting as clients or servers. The following is a table of different features of notable WebSocket implementations.

Client (library) Server (library) Version compared Protocol (spec) version support Protocol test report License Implementation: language, environment API: language, environment Self-hosted server Text message support Binary message support API message-based API frame-based API streaming input-output Flow-control framework Automatic pongs for pings Automatic heartbeat pings Manual pings-pongs Frame size limit
Google Chrome 15[1] Yes No 15.0.874.8
12 Sep 2011 		8 (10) Complex C++, WebKit JavaScript, HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No, No No Yes No No ≥ 16 MB
(memory-limited?)
Google Chrome 16[1] Yes No 16.0.912
13 Dec 2011 		13 (17/RFC 6455) Complex C++, WebKit JavaScript, HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No, No No Yes No No ≥ 16 MB
(memory-limited?)
Mozilla Firefox 7[2] Yes No 7 beta
12 Sep 2011 		8 (10) MPL, GPL, LGPL C++, Necko JavaScript, HTML5 No Yes No Yes No No, No No Yes No No < 16 MB
Mozilla Firefox 11[2] Yes No 11.0
13 Mar 2012 		13 (17/RFC 6455) MPL, GPL, LGPL C++, Necko JavaScript, HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No, No No Yes No No < 2 GB
(memory-limited?)
Achex WS[3] Yes Yes 2.17
17 June 2014 		RFC 6455 Commercial C++ C++, JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 2^16
Kaazing WebSocket Gateway[4] Yes Yes 5.0 Dec 2014 RFC 6455 APL2 (Community Edition), commercial (Enterprise Edition) Java, JMS JavaScript, Flash/Flex, Silverlight, Objective-C & iOS, Java, Java & Android, .NET, Xamarin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No memory-limited, configurable
Lightstreamer[5] Yes Yes 7.4.0
3 Jul 2023 		RFC 6455 Commercial, freeware Java JavaScript, Android, Java, Swift, iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, .NET Standard, Python, Flash/Flex, Silverlight, J2ME Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Data driven, configurable
MigratoryData[6] Yes Yes 6.0.5
29 Aug 2021 		RFC 6455 Commercial Java JavaScript, iOS, Android, Java, C++, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python Yes Yes No Yes No No, No Yes Yes Yes No 263, configurable
Mongoose[7] Yes Yes 7.9
24 Jan 2023 		RFC 6455 GPL, commercial C/C++ C/C++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 263, configurable
noPoll[8] Yes Yes 0.3.2
28 aug 2015 		RFC 6455 LGPL 2.1 ANSI C ANSI C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes memory-limited, configurable
POCO C++ Libraries[9] Yes Yes 1.4.6
23 Sep 2014 		RFC 6455 Boost C++, POCO C++ Libraries C++ Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes memory-limited, configurable
PowerWebSockets[10] Yes Yes 15.176.5188
26 Jun 2015 		RFC 6455 Test report[11] Commercial .NET .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, Xamarin. iOS, Xamarin.Android, Windows Phone, Silverlight, Mono Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory-limited, configurable
QtWebSockets[12] Yes Yes 1.0
12 Nov 2013 		RFC 6455 LGPL C++, Qt Qt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes memory-limited, configurable
RingSocket[13] No Yes 1.0
13 Sep 2019 		RFC 6455 MIT C C Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No unlimited/configurable
Resin[14] No Yes 4.026
29 Feb 2012 		RFC 6455 GPL, commercial Java, C Java Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No memory-limited, configurable
WebSocketListener[15] No Yes 2.1.3
24 Nov 2014 		RFC 6455 MIT .NET, Mono .NET, Mono Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Configurable
Wt[16] No Yes 3.2.0
30 Nov 2011 		0,7,8,13 (17) [? Report] GPL, commercial C++, Boost Asio C++ Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No memory-limited, configurable
XSockets.NET[17] Yes Yes 5.* RFC 6455 Commercial .NET Server-languages: Windows (.NET), Unix-Linux (Mono)

Client-languages: JavaScript, .NET, Mono

Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory-limited, configurable
RIWA Gateway[18] Yes Yes 2.01 RFC 6455 Commercial Java Java, Android, iOS, JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No memory-limited, configurable
µWebSockets[19] No Yes v0.14.0
28 Mar 2017 		RFC 6455 Test report[20] Apache License 2.0 C++, epoll, Libuv, Boost Asio C++, JavaScript, Node.js Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory-limited, configurable
Boost.Beast[21] Yes Yes 94
30 July 2017 		RFC 6455 Test report[22] Boost C++, Boost Asio C++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes unlimited (packets streamed to user code), permessage-deflate also unlimited (chunked)
libwebsockets[23] Yes Yes 2.4
16 Oct 2017 		RFC 6455 + RFC 7692 Test report[24] LGPL2 + SLE C, libuv, libev, libevent, poll, external poll loop integration, OpenSSL, mbedTLS C, HTML5, JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, yes Yes Yes Yes Yes unlimited (packets streamed to user code), permessage-deflate also unlimited (chunked)
websocket++[25] Yes Yes 0.8.2
20 Apr, 2020 		RFC 6455 BSD C++11 C++11 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
facil.io[26] Yes Yes 0.7.1
18 May 2019 		RFC 6455 MIT C C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, yes Yes Yes Yes Yes configurable client to server limits. unlimited (chunked) server to client.
oatpp-websocket[27] Yes Yes 1.3.0
19 Nov 2021 		RFC 6455 Apache License 2.0 C++11, Oat++ C++11, Oat++ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes unlimited (packets streamed to user code)

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b Chromium website
  2. ^ a b Necko website
  3. ^ Achex WS website
  4. ^ Kaazing website
  5. ^ Lightstreamer website
  6. ^ MigratoryData website
  7. ^ Mongoose Library website
  8. ^ noPoll website
  9. ^ POCO C++ Libraries documentation
  10. ^ PowerWebSockets website
  11. ^ PowerWebSockets Autobahn|Testsuite report
  12. ^ QtWebSockets website
  13. ^ RingSocket (GitHub)
  14. ^ Caucho website
  15. ^ WebSocketListener website
  16. ^ wt website
  17. ^ XSockets.NET website
  18. ^ RIWA website
  19. ^ µWebSockets (GitHub)
  20. ^ µWebSockets Autobahn|Testsuite report
  21. ^ Boost.Beast (GitHub)
  22. ^ Beast.WebSocket Autobahn|Testsuite report
  23. ^ libwebsockets.org website
  24. ^ libwebsockets.org lws Autobahn|Testsuite report
  25. ^ websocket++ website
  26. ^ facil.io website
  27. ^ oatpp.io website

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message The WebSocket protocol is implemented in different web browsers web servers and run time environments and libraries acting as clients or servers The following is a table of different features of notable WebSocket implementations Client library Server library Version compared Protocol spec version support Protocol test report License Implementation language environment API language environment Self hosted server Text message support Binary message support API message based API frame based API streaming input output Flow control framework Automatic pongs for pings Automatic heartbeat pings Manual pings pongs Frame size limitGoogle Chrome 15 1 Yes No 15 0 874 812 Sep 2011 8 10 Complex C WebKit JavaScript HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No 16 MB memory limited Google Chrome 16 1 Yes No 16 0 91213 Dec 2011 13 17 RFC 6455 Complex C WebKit JavaScript HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No 16 MB memory limited Mozilla Firefox 7 2 Yes No 7 beta12 Sep 2011 8 10 MPL GPL LGPL C Necko JavaScript HTML5 No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No lt 16 MBMozilla Firefox 11 2 Yes No 11 013 Mar 2012 13 17 RFC 6455 MPL GPL LGPL C Necko JavaScript HTML5 No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No lt 2 GB memory limited Achex WS 3 Yes Yes 2 1717 June 2014 RFC 6455 Commercial C C JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 2 16Kaazing WebSocket Gateway 4 Yes Yes 5 0 Dec 2014 RFC 6455 APL2 Community Edition commercial Enterprise Edition Java JMS JavaScript Flash Flex Silverlight Objective C amp iOS Java Java amp Android NET Xamarin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No memory limited configurableLightstreamer 5 Yes Yes 7 4 03 Jul 2023 RFC 6455 Commercial freeware Java JavaScript Android Java Swift iOS macOS tvOS watchOS NET Standard Python Flash Flex Silverlight J2ME Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Data driven configurableMigratoryData 6 Yes Yes 6 0 529 Aug 2021 RFC 6455 Commercial Java JavaScript iOS Android Java C NET PHP Node js Python Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No 263 configurableMongoose 7 Yes Yes 7 924 Jan 2023 RFC 6455 GPL commercial C C C C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 263 configurablenoPoll 8 Yes Yes 0 3 228 aug 2015 RFC 6455 LGPL 2 1 ANSI C ANSI C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes memory limited configurablePOCO C Libraries 9 Yes Yes 1 4 623 Sep 2014 RFC 6455 Boost C POCO C Libraries C Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes memory limited configurablePowerWebSockets 10 Yes Yes 15 176 518826 Jun 2015 RFC 6455 Test report 11 Commercial NET NET Framework NET Compact Framework Xamarin iOS Xamarin Android Windows Phone Silverlight Mono Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory limited configurableQtWebSockets 12 Yes Yes 1 012 Nov 2013 RFC 6455 LGPL C Qt Qt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes memory limited configurableRingSocket 13 No Yes 1 013 Sep 2019 RFC 6455 MIT C C Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No unlimited configurableResin 14 No Yes 4 02629 Feb 2012 RFC 6455 GPL commercial Java C Java Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No memory limited configurableWebSocketListener 15 No Yes 2 1 324 Nov 2014 RFC 6455 MIT NET Mono NET Mono Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ConfigurableWt 16 No Yes 3 2 030 Nov 2011 0 7 8 13 17 Report GPL commercial C Boost Asio C Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No memory limited configurableXSockets NET 17 Yes Yes 5 RFC 6455 Commercial NET Server languages Windows NET Unix Linux Mono Client languages JavaScript NET Mono Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory limited configurableRIWA Gateway 18 Yes Yes 2 01 RFC 6455 Commercial Java Java Android iOS JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No memory limited configurableµWebSockets 19 No Yes v0 14 028 Mar 2017 RFC 6455 Test report 20 Apache License 2 0 C epoll Libuv Boost Asio C JavaScript Node js Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes memory limited configurableBoost Beast 21 Yes Yes 9430 July 2017 RFC 6455 Test report 22 Boost C Boost Asio C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes unlimited packets streamed to user code permessage deflate also unlimited chunked libwebsockets 23 Yes Yes 2 416 Oct 2017 RFC 6455 RFC 7692 Test report 24 LGPL2 SLE C libuv libev libevent poll external poll loop integration OpenSSL mbedTLS C HTML5 JavaScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes yes Yes Yes Yes Yes unlimited packets streamed to user code permessage deflate also unlimited chunked websocket 25 Yes Yes 0 8 220 Apr 2020 RFC 6455 BSD C 11 C 11 facil io 26 Yes Yes 0 7 118 May 2019 RFC 6455 MIT C C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes yes Yes Yes Yes Yes configurable client to server limits unlimited chunked server to client oatpp websocket 27 Yes Yes 1 3 019 Nov 2021 RFC 6455 Apache License 2 0 C 11 Oat C 11 Oat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes unlimited packets streamed to user code Notes Edit a b Chromium website a b Necko website Achex WS website Kaazing website Lightstreamer website MigratoryData website Mongoose Library website noPoll website POCO C Libraries documentation PowerWebSockets website PowerWebSockets Autobahn Testsuite report QtWebSockets website RingSocket GitHub Caucho website WebSocketListener website wt website XSockets NET website RIWA website µWebSockets GitHub µWebSockets Autobahn Testsuite report Boost Beast GitHub Beast WebSocket Autobahn Testsuite report libwebsockets org website libwebsockets org lws Autobahn Testsuite report websocket website facil io website oatpp io website Portal nbsp Internet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comparison of WebSocket implementations amp oldid 1163516994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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