{"repo":"vi/websocat","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/vi/websocat","clone":"git clone https://github.com/vi/websocat.git","description":"Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions","language":"Rust","stars":8661,"topics":["websockets","websocket-server","websocket-client","proxy","socat","rfc-6455","cli","command-line","command-line-tool","netcat"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"websocat Netcat, curl and socat for WebSockets. Examples Connect to public echo server (Ctrl+d to quit) Serve and connect Open a tab in Chromium using remote debugging. Proxy TCP connections to WebSocket connections and back. Broadcast all messages between connected WebSocket clients (if you like this one, you may actually want https://github.com/vi/wsbroad/ instead) See moreexamples.md for further examples. Features Connecting to and serving WebSockets from command line. Executing external program and making it communicate to WebSocket using stdin/stdout. Text and binary modes, converting between lines (or null-terminated records) and messages. Inetd mode, UNIX sockets (including abstract namespaced on Linux). Integration with Nginx using TCP or UNIX sockets. Directly using unauthenticated SOCKS5 servers for connecting to WebSockets and listening WebSocket connection. Auto-reconnect and connection-reuse modes. Linux, Windows and Mac support, with [pre-built executables][releases]. Low-level WebSocket clients and servers with overridable underlying transport connection, e.g. calling external program to serve as a transport for websocat (for SSL, proxying, etc.). [releases]:https://github.com/vi/websocat/releases Installation There are multiple options for installing WebSocat. From easy to hard: FreeBSD pkg install websocat Debian / Ubuntu Download a pre-build executable from [GitHub releases][releases]. Websocat is not yet officially packaged for Debian. Some older versions o","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/vi","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/vi/websocat/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}