RRQM/TouchSocket

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1276 stars · 206 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

TouchSocket is a high-performance .NET networking library covering TCP, UDP, SSL, named pipes, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT, Modbus, and RPC in a single integrated framework. It features an optimized IOCP implementation, memory pooling, a flexible data-adapter pipeline for custom protocol parsing, and a plugin ecosystem with heartbeat, reconnection, and SSL support.

Use cases

• build a tcp server in c#
• handle tcp sticky packet problems
• create a websocket server in dotnet
• implement mqtt broker or client in c#
• add rpc to a .net application
• parse custom binary protocols over tcp
• build high-concurrency socket services with iocp
• communicate with modbus devices

When to choose

• you need a unified .NET networking stack covering multiple protocols
• you need high-performance async socket handling with memory pooling
• you want built-in reconnection, heartbeat, and protocol adapters
• you target diverse .NET platforms including Unity, MAUI, and .NET Framework

When to avoid

• you need a lightweight single-protocol client and prefer minimal dependencies
• you are outside the .NET ecosystem
• you need a full application server rather than a communication library

Facets

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http-server websocket rpc middleware plugin-system networking serialization caching networking backend developer-tools iot web-development dotnet cross-platform windows tcp udp ssl mqtt modbus iocp memory-pool named-pipes socket-programming csharp data-adapter rpc xmlrpc webapi messaging linux macos

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