QtWebSockets is a pure Qt implementation of WebSockets - both client and server.
It is implemented as a Qt add-on module that can easily be embedded into existing Qt projects.
Its only dependency is Qt.
The documentation can be found in the following places:
- The online Qt documentation:
- Build from source:
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- Client and server capable
- Text and binary sockets
- Frame-based and message-based signals
- Strict Unicode checking
- WSS and proxy support
QtWebSockets is compliant with RFC6455 and has been tested with the Autobahn Testsuite.
- Extensions
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