RiptideNetworking/Riptide

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1286 stars · 154 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Riptide is a lightweight C# networking library for building multiplayer games, providing client-server connection management and message passing over UDP, TCP, or Steam transports. It works in Unity and other .NET environments while leaving game data handling to the developer.

Use cases

• add multiplayer networking to a Unity game
• build a game server and client in C#
• send reliable and unreliable messages over UDP in a multiplayer game
• create a dedicated server for a .NET game
• use Steam networking sockets in a C# game
• learn low-level game networking without a heavy framework

When to choose

• you want fine-grained control over what data is sent and when
• you're building a client-server multiplayer game in Unity or .NET
• you need a lightweight, MIT-licensed alternative to heavier netcode solutions

When to avoid

• you need high-level netcode with built-in state sync, prediction, or lobby systems
• you're building peer-to-peer games without a server
• your project is not in C# or a language with a community port

Facets

library · maturity active

networking websocket serialization networking gaming-tools cross-platform game-engine c dotnet udp rudp multiplayer client-server unity game-networking tcp steam-transport game-development

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