johmarjac / sylver.network

Sylver.Network

Sylver.Network is a simple and fast networking library built with C# and the .NET Core Framework. It simplifies the creation of socket servers and clients over the TCP/IP protocol.

Introduction

ℹ️ Sylver.Network is a rewrite of my previous networking library named Ether.Network. This new version looks like the old one, but it has a better code structure, unit tests and performance improvements.

Just like the old version, Sylver.Network kept the same "easy-to-use" concept that allows you to create your own socket servers and/or socket client in a few lines of code.

How to install

Install Sylver.Network through the Visual Studio project package manager or using the following command in the Package Manager Console:

$> Install-Package Sylver.Network

Or you can use the dotnet command:

$> dotnet add package Sylver.Network

Features

Server

• Server configuration
  • Listening host / port
  • Allocated bytes per clients connected
• Client management
• Broadcast messages to all connected clients or a given list of connected clients

Client

• Client configuration
  • Remote server address / port
  • Allocated bytes for the receive and send operations
  • Retry configuration (One time, limited time, infinite)
• Connect to remote server
• Disconnect from the remote server
• Send/Receive messages to/from the server

Packets

• Create packet streams
• Read data from packet streams
• Customize your packet structure with a packet processor

Thanks

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Ether.Network with features, bug fixes and suggestions to make the Ether library better! All contributions have been integrated to Sylver.Network (and reworked to fit the library design).