gorilla/websocket
Package gorilla/websocket is a fast, well-tested and widely used WebSocket implementation for Go.
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Where it stands
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No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 874 days ago, with 77 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #83 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 22, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Implements the WebSocket protocol for real-time, full-duplex communication in Go applications.
- Offers a fast, well-tested, and stable API that fully complies with the WebSocket RFC and passes Autobahn test suite validations.
- Use for building real-time chat applications requiring persistent client-server connections in Go.
- Use for developing interactive command interfaces or dashboards that need instant server updates.
- Use for monitoring file system changes and pushing live updates to clients over WebSocket connections.
Should you depend on it?
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License
BSD 2-Clause
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- Warning: No commits in over a year (last push Mar 2025).
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Daily snapshots
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Forks
3.6K+2
Open issues
83+5
Compared with peers in Networking
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHSanaei/3x-ui | 49.6K | +448 | 52 | 137 days ago |
| GyulyVGC/sniffnet | 42.3K | +422 | 75 | 111 days ago |
| tailscale/tailscale | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | today |
| netbirdio/netbird | 30.9K | +267 | 75 | today |
| fosrl/pangolin | 23.6K | +218 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| gorilla/websocket | 24.9K | — | 45 | 874 days ago |
| Category median | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | — |
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