geckosio/geckos.io

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1490 stars · 90 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

geckos.io is a TypeScript library providing real-time client/server communication over UDP using WebRTC (SCTP data channels) with Node.js. It targets HTML5 real-time multiplayer games and chat apps with a socket.io-like API.

Use cases

• build a real-time multiplayer browser game
• send low-latency unreliable messages between client and server
• add UDP-like communication to a Node.js game server
• create a real-time chat app over WebRTC
• replace websockets with faster UDP data channels

When to choose

• you need low-latency, unreliable/unordered messaging for an HTML5 multiplayer game
• you want a socket.io-like API over WebRTC data channels
• you can configure UDP port forwarding on your server

When to avoid

• you are new to multiplayer games and want abundant tutorials (use socket.io)
• you cannot set up UDP port forwarding or manage STUN/TURN servers
• you need simple reliable messaging where websockets suffice

Facets

library · maturity active

websocket rpc networking web-development browser cross-platform webrtc udp multiplayer-games real-time-communication sctp game-development real-time nodejs

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