daltoniam/Starscream
Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4431
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 839
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
8645 stars · 1258 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Starscream is a Swift library implementing a conforming WebSocket client (RFC 6455) for iOS and macOS. It provides nonblocking, GCD-based connections with TLS/WSS and permessage-deflate compression support.
Use cases
- connect to a websocket server from an iOS app
- send and receive text and binary frames in Swift
- add real-time messaging to an iOS or macOS app
- use secure WSS connections with TLS in Swift
- handle websocket ping/pong and reconnection events
- stream live data to a Mac application over websockets
When to choose
- you need a mature, RFC 6455-compliant websocket client in Swift
- you are building an iOS or macOS app that needs real-time bidirectional communication
- you want TLS/WSS and compression extension support out of the box
When to avoid
- you need a websocket server rather than a client
- you are not developing in Swift or on Apple platforms
- you need a cross-platform solution outside the Apple ecosystem
Facets
library · maturity stable
websocket http-client networking web-development developer-tools cross-platform websocket-client rfc-6455 tls compression nonblocking gcd ios macos swift
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/daltoniam/Starscream · fetched 2026-08-28 · fdb4af9a37dd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| daltoniam/Starscream | main | 23 |
For agents
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