Self-hosted projects tagged “WebSocket”

Hoppscotch Community Edition is an open-source API development and testing tool for REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SSE, MQTT, and Socket.IO with collections and environments.

MITActively maintained

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Postman+9

Open-source IoT platform for device management, telemetry collection, rule-based processing, alarms, and real-time dashboards using standard IoT protocols.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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ThingsBoard Cloud+10

Open-source Python framework to build, scale, and deploy multimodal AI services and pipelines with gRPC/HTTP/WebSocket support and Kubernetes/Docker integration.

Apache-2.0Slowing down

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Baseten+12

Lila is the open source server behind lichess.org, providing real-time chess, puzzles, analysis, tournaments, teams, and community features via web and mobile clients.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Chess.com

Gotify is a self-hosted notification server that delivers messages in real time via WebSocket, with a REST API, web UI, and optional clients like Android and CLI.

Tinode is an open source instant messaging platform with a Go backend, web/mobile clients, JSON WebSocket and gRPC APIs, and support for one-to-one and group chat.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Telegram+13

AirDrop-like P2P file and text transfer in the browser with device pairing and temporary public rooms for internet transfers.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Apple AirDrop+5

Eclipse Mosquitto is a lightweight, open-source MQTT broker supporting MQTT 5.0 and 3.1.1, plus client libraries and CLI tools for pub/sub messaging.

Actively maintained

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EMQX Cloud+11

Open-source, Go-based real-time messaging server for pub/sub and live updates; supports WebSocket, SSE, gRPC and brokers (Redis, NATS) with official SDKs.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Centrifugo Cloud+4

Janus WebRTC Server is a lightweight, general-purpose WebRTC gateway for building real-time audio/video applications via plugins and a JSON-based API.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Ant Media Server Cloud+2

Self-hosted web UI to control, monitor, and manage consumer 3D printers, with webcam viewing, G-code visualization, and an extensive plugin system.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Obico Cloud (formerly The Spaghetti Detective)

Snapcast is a client-server system for perfectly synchronized multiroom audio playback, turning existing audio players into a Sonos-like whole-home streaming setup.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Sonos+3

ejabberd is an Erlang/OTP-based messaging server providing XMPP chat and presence, MQTT broker capabilities for IoT, and SIP services for real-time communications.

Actively maintained

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CloudMQTT+11

WeTTY provides browser-based terminal access to local shells or remote SSH hosts using xterm.js and WebSockets for responsive interactive sessions.

MITActively maintained

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Puter+5

Cross-platform terminal music player with library indexing and a built-in streaming server for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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JRiver Media Center+7

sish is an open-source Serveo/ngrok alternative that exposes local HTTP(S), WebSockets, and TCP services to the internet using SSH reverse tunnels.

MITActively maintained

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ngrok+3

Docker images providing full Linux desktop environments in your browser, with multiple distro and desktop flavors and optional GPU acceleration.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Microsoft Remote Desktop+15

Efficient, minimal collaborative code editor with real-time editing in the browser, OT-based syncing, WebSocket communication, and optional SQLite persistence.

MITLikely dormant

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Replit+5

Open-source browser-based gateway enabling VNC, RDP, and SSH access to remote desktops without client software.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Citrix DaaS+17

Unified web UI to search, aggregate, and download books and audiobooks from multiple sources, with queue management, metadata providers, and client integrations.

MITActively maintained

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Readarr+5

VerneMQ is a high-performance, distributed MQTT broker for scalable, highly available IoT and M2M messaging, with clustering, TLS, WebSockets, plugins, and integrations.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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HiveMQ Cloud+3

Sshwifty is a web-based SSH and Telnet client that lets you access remote terminals directly from a browser, with presets, access control, and optional TLS.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Termius+2

Self-hosted web application to track and manage 3D-printing filament spools with a REST API, WebSocket updates, label/QR printing and integrations for common printer frontends.

MITActively maintained

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SimplyPrint+6

Modern, responsive web UI for Klipper via Moonraker to control, monitor, and manage one or multiple 3D printers from any device.

Open source agile project management tool with Scrum and Kanban boards, issue tracking, backlog planning, and team collaboration features.

MPL-2.0Slowing down

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Atlassian Jira+19

Self-hosted service to centralize, manage, and play your DRM-free and emulation game library across desktop and web clients, with automatic scanning and metadata.

Simple, robust BitTorrent tracker implementation for Node.js, providing client and server components with HTTP/UDP/WebSocket tracking and built-in stats endpoints.

Tiny self-hosted dashboard to monitor and control UPS devices via Network UPS Tools (NUT), with real-time stats, multi-UPS support, and Prometheus/InfluxDB integrations.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Amazon CloudWatch+10

Self-hosted ingress platform that exposes internal HTTP/TCP services to the internet through reverse WireGuard tunnels, with NGINX routing and automatic TLS certificates.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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ngrok+13

Open-source, self-hostable file transfer service with resumable uploads, S3 or disk storage, transfer requests, and end-to-end encrypted WebRTC quick transfers.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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WeTransfer+9