What popular webservers have support for HTML5 WebSocket?

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I would like to experiment with HTML5 WebSockets, and I am looking for a mature webserver with support for websockets. Is there a list of webservers that support websockets per default? What popular webservers has support for websockets out of the box? The server programming language doesn't matter, I know Java, PHP, Erlang, Python and more... I just want to do some small experiments.

I have looked at a few that doesn't support websockets (yet), i.e. Nginx, Apache and Mochiweb.

For those who're using Django, Channels is the answer. According to the community, Channels will be officially released in Django 1.10 — , Apr 21 '17 at 05:42

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '11 at 17:22

Nowadays node.js, especially in conjuction with the Socket.IO library, is a popular platform for WebSocket experiments. It's not a traditional "webserver" like Apache/nginx but it certainly offers a "server programming language" that's super easy to set up for small experiments and is possible to deploy in production too.

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '10 at 09:05

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You can find a mod_websocket module for lighttpd here. I've tested it with lighttpd 1.4.26.

When building mod_websocket, be sure to specify the correct websocket protocol version you want to use (version -75 or -76). Starting with WebKit nightly build r59903 and Chrome 6.0.414.0 (r47952) only protocol version -76 is supported.

answered Jul 28 '10 at 09:05

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Unfortunately, mod_websocket does not work with the latest versions of lighttpd. – Alex Che May 04 '17 at 08:29

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '10 at 21:24

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Sockets#Server_Implementations

I tested netty. It seems to work, but I need to play with it a little more to be sure if it's good solution.

answered May 27 '10 at 21:24

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The link you provided doesn't contain the section but the German page does: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSockets#Server-Implementierungen – MKroehnert Oct 12 '10 at 21:28
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thanks for this comment. I hate overzealous admins on wikipedia. English version can be found in edit history: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WebSockets&oldid=367302004 – Maciek Sawicki Oct 13 '10 at 21:47

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '10 at 21:20

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Jetty (a Java servletcontainer) supports HTML5 websockets since version 7.0.1. You can find several information and blogs about it here.

answered May 27 '10 at 21:20

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 30 '10 at 15:54

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I just tried out tornado web server and I'm really satisfied. You will easily get up and running in no time.

answered Jun 30 '10 at 15:54

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 15:54

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Apache Tomcat 7 and later versions support WebSocket.

answered Jun 20 '18 at 15:54

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What popular webservers have support for HTML5 WebSocket?

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