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2881099/FreeIM

.NETCore websocket 实现简易、高性能、集群即时通讯组件,支持点对点通讯、群聊通讯、上线下线事件消息等众多实用性功能. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/2881099/FreeIM · C# · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

48/100

  • Activity 57
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2977
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 258
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1583 stars · 461 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

FreeIM is a simple, high-performance WebSocket-based instant messaging component for .NET/.NETCore, supporting clustered deployment via Redis. It provides point-to-point messaging, group/channel chat, broadcast messages, and online/offline event notifications.

Use cases

  • add real-time chat to a .NET web app
  • build a group chat or chatroom with websocket
  • implement live comment streams or live-room messaging
  • send point-to-point messages between users
  • track user online/offline status events
  • scale instant messaging across a cluster of servers
  • force a client offline or broadcast messages

When to choose

  • you are building on .NET/.NETCore and need embedded IM capabilities
  • you need high connection capacity (50k+ per node) with Redis-based clustering
  • you want a simple server that requires no ongoing iteration, with AOT publish support

When to avoid

  • you need a full-featured IM product with friends, red packets, or voice chat out of the box
  • your stack is not .NET (the client helper targets .NET Framework 4.5+/NetStandard 2.0)
  • you need end-to-end encryption or advanced message persistence built in

Facets

library · maturity active

websocket message-queue http-server middleware web-development backend chatbots dotnet cross-platform self-hosted instant-messaging im-server cluster group-chat chat redis dotnet-core live-chat online-offline-events messaging real-time web-server

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