ideawu/icomet

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1510 stars · 501 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

iComet is a high-concurrency comet/server-push messaging server written in C++ with libevent, designed to handle a million concurrent connections (C1000K). It ships with a JavaScript client library and supports HTTP long-polling subscriptions for web, mobile, and desktop apps.

Use cases

• add server-push notifications to a web app
• build a real-time web chat
• push messages to mobile applications
• implement pub/sub channels over HTTP long-polling
• handle millions of concurrent push connections
• integrate server push behind nginx on port 80

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, self-hosted push server with very high connection counts
• your clients are browsers or mobile apps that can't hold persistent websockets
• you want a simple HTTP subscribe/push API with a ready-made JS client

When to avoid

• you need modern WebSocket or SSE support with active maintenance
• you want a managed cloud messaging service
• your stack is Node.js or Go and a maintained library there fits better

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

http-server websocket message-queue middleware web-development backend cpp self-hosted comet server-push long-polling pubsub c1000k libevent real-time-messaging messaging real-time linux macos web-server

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