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ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets

C++BSD-3-Clauseactivepopular
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Reliable & unreliable messages over UDP. Robust message fragmentation & reassembly. P2P networking / NAT traversal. Encryption.

Stars9.9k
Forks748
Open Issues31
Contributors748
Last Push0d ago

Health Breakdown

Activity
25
Community
25
Maintenance
14
Popularity
25
#game-development#networking#peer-to-peer#realtime-messaging#reliable-messages
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Should you contribute to ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets?

ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets has a FoundDev health score of 89/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.

Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in C++, so prior C++ experience will shorten ramp-up.

Licensed under BSD-3-Clause, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.

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Reliable & unreliable messages over UDP. Robust message fragmentation & reassembly. P2P networking / NAT traversal. Encryption.

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