Nets

A library providing generic interface for transferring data over a network across different platforms.

See the documentation.

Features

• Blocking / non-blocking socket
• Stream client / server (TCP)
• Datagram client / server (UDP)
• Secure socket layer (SSL, TLS)
• Datagrams over TCP stream
• Smart stream message handle
• C and C++ implementations

Build requirements

• C99 compiler
• C++17 compiler (optional)
• Git 2.53+
• CMake 3.22+
• vcpkg (Windows only)
• brew (macOS only)

Use building instructions to install all required tools and libraries.

CMake options

Name	Description	Default value
NETS_BUILD_EXAMPLES	Build Nets usage examples	ON
NETS_USE_OPENSSL	Use OpenSSL for secure communication	ON
NETS_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SSL	Allow deprecated OpenSSL functions	OFF

Cloning

git clone --recursive -j8 https://github.com/cfnptr/nets

Building

• Windows: ./scripts/build-release.bat
• macOS / Linux: ./scripts/build-release.sh

Third-party

• cURL (curl License)
• mpmt (Apache-2.0 License)
• mpio (Apache-2.0 License)
• OpenSSL (Apache-2.0 License)

Inspired by

• asio
• libuv
• nginx

Special thanks to Gigaflops.