facebookincubator/SocketRocket

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SocketRocket is a conforming WebSocket (RFC 6455) client library written in Objective-C for Apple platforms including iOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. It supports TLS/wss, SSL certificate pinning, HTTP proxies, IPv4/IPv6, and ping/pong, with asynchronous non-blocking operation on background threads.

Use cases

• add real-time websocket communication to an iOS app
• connect to a websocket server from macOS in Objective-C
• websocket client with SSL certificate pinning on Apple platforms
• conformant RFC 6455 websocket client for tvOS
• send and receive text and binary messages over websockets in Swift or Objective-C
• websocket client that works through HTTP proxies

When to choose

• you need a battle-tested, Autobahn-conformant WebSocket client on iOS, macOS, tvOS, or visionOS
• you need TLS, self-signed certificates, or SSL pinning support
• you want an Objective-C library easily usable from Swift via CocoaPods or Carthage

When to avoid

• you are targeting non-Apple platforms
• you prefer a modern Swift-native WebSocket client
• you need a WebSocket server rather than a client

Facets

library · maturity stable

websocket http-client networking web-development developer-tools cross-platform cpp objective-c websocket-client rfc6455 tls ssl-pinning apple-platforms cocoapods real-time ios macos

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