Mongoose is a multi-protocol networking library written in C. It provides easy to use event-driven interface that allows to implement network protocols or scalable network applications with little effort. Mongoose helps developers to manage the complexity of network programming and let them concentrate on the logic, saving time and money.
Mongoose has built-in support for several protocols, like HTTP, Websocket, MQTT, mDNS. Example applications include Websocket-based chat server, JSON-RPC server, database server with RESTful API, MQTT broker, netcat with SSL and hexdump, Raspberry PI camera video feed + led control, and more.
Mongoose is ideal for the embedded environments, it has been designed as an open source platform for connecting devices and bringing them online.
Download Mongoose Source Code here
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- Cross-platform: works on Linux/UNIX, QNX, eCos, Windows, Android, iPhone, etc
- Single-threaded, asynchronous, non-blocking core with simple event-based API
- Builtin protocols:
- plain TCP, plain UDP, SSL/TLS (over TCP, one-way or two-way)
- HTTP client, HTTP server
- Websocket client, Websocket server
- JSON-RPC client, JSON-RPC server
- MQTT client, MQTT broker
- CoAP client, CoAP server
- DNS client, DNS server, async DNS resolver
- Tiny static and run-time footprint
- Source code is both ISO C and ISO C++ compliant
- Very easy to integrate: just copy mongoose.c and mongoose.h files to your build tree
- Extensively tested and production-ready, trusted by many blue chip businesses
- User Guide - Detailed User Guide and API reference
- examples - Collection of well-commented examples. To build any example,
go into respective directory and type
make
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Cesanta made Mongoose open source under GPLv2 for a reason. We are all developers here and appreciate easy access to code and therefore seamless integration. It's great to be able to play around with the software before committing to it.
However, the GPLv2 open source license does not permit incorporating the software into non-open source programs. In order to comply with GPLv2 licensing you need to open the source code of your end product fully or alternatively purchase a commercial license.
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