netLink

C++ 11 KISS principle networking library.

Features:

• C++ 11
• IPv4, IPv6
• Protocols: TCP, UDP
• Enable/Disable blocking mode
• Join/Leave UDP-Multicast groups
• UDP-IPv4-Broadcast
• Operating Systems: Mac OS, Linux, Windows
• MsgPack v5 support: http://msgpack.org so it can communicate with programs running in other programming languages
• Optional: Upgrade std::string with UTF8 support
• Socket can be used as std::streambuf
• SocketManager calls various events for (dis)connecting, receiving data, connection requests and status changes
• Event callbacks: onConnectRequest, onStatusChange, onReceiveRaw, onReceiveMsgPack

Example Code:

UDP, TCP

Wiki:

Doxygen online documentation

MsgPack tutorial

History:

This library was inspired by the "NetLink Sockets C++ Library" from Pedro Francisco Pareja Ruiz, from which it got its general topic and name.