This started as a sub-project of another project (MeCHATron) I created to pass my univertisty's programming classes.
This project does not use any external libraries, apart from C++ stdlib and stuff available natively by default (POSIX sockets on Linux, WinSock2 on Windows) and uses C++11 (requirements for the project set by the tutor). Later it may be rewritten to use external libraries, eg. ASIO and will definetely use the latest standard (because why not, being stuck on C++11 is the curse of C++).