Rebex WebSocket

WebSocket library for modern and legacy platforms

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Standards and platform support

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100% managed .NET code with no external dependencies 

  • Rebex WebSocket is written in 100% managed C# code.
  • No external dependencies. It only needs .NET.
  • No third-party or open source code used.
  • Fully CLS-compliant.
  • Supports any .NET language (C#, VB.NET, C++/CLI, etc.)
  • Platform-independent code. Same assemblies for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications and x86/x64, ARM32/ARM64 architectures.

Protocols and RFC specifications 

Rebex WebSocket implements the WebSocket protocol as specified by RFC 6455, and other required protocols and formats. The core functionality consists of the following:

Compatible with third-party implementations 

Rebex WebSocket is compatible with third-party WebSocket implementations and passes the extensive Autobahn Testsuite.

.NET 8/7/6/5 

Rebex WebSocket supports .NET 8 and .NET 7 on all supported operating systems:

  • Windows 11 (x64, ARM64)
  • Windows 10 (x64, x86, ARM64)
  • Windows Server 2022 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2019 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2016 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 (x64, x86)
  • Linux (x64, ARM64, ARM32)
  • macOS (x64, ARM64)
  • Android (x64, ARM64, ARM32)
  • iOS/tvOS (x64, ARM64, ARM32)

Rebex WebSocket also supports .NET 6 and .NET 5 on all supported operating systems:

  • Windows 11 (x64, ARM64)
  • Windows 10 (x64, x86, ARM64)
  • Windows Server 2022 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2019 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2016 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 (x64, x86)
  • Windows 8.1 (x64, x86)
  • Windows 7 SP1 (x64, x86) (end-of-life platform)
  • Linux (x64, ARM64, ARM32)
  • macOS (x64, ARM64)
  • Android (x64, ARM64, ARM32)
  • iOS/tvOS (x64, ARM64, ARM32)

.NET Framework on Windows 

Rebex WebSocket supports the following .NET Framework platforms:

  • .NET Framework 4.8.x
  • .NET Framework 4.7.x
  • .NET Framework 4.6.x
  • .NET Framework 4.5.x
  • .NET Framework 4.0
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (same DLLs)

Legacy binaries for .NET Framework 2.0/3.0 are available as well.
For details and a trial version download link, see Support for Legacy Platforms.

Supported IDE versions:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

Supported Windows versions:

Rebex WebSocket is also known to work on Windows 8, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. However, these platforms already reached end-of-life (most of them many years ago), which means we cannot guarantee support for Rebex WebSocket on these operating systems.

.NET Core 

Rebex WebSocket supports .NET Core platform.

Supported versions:

Supported operating systems:

.NET Standard 

Rebex WebSocket supports .NET Standard 2.1 on .NET 8/7/6/5, .NET Core 3.1, Mono 6.10 (or higher), Xamarin.Android 10.1 (or higher) and Xamarin.iOS 13.10 (or higher). It also supports .NET Standard 2.0 on .NET Core 2.1.

Mono on Linux 

Rebex WebSocket supports Mono 6.0 (or higher) on Linux and macOS.

Xamarin.iOS 

  • Visual Studio with Xamarin.iOS 13.10 or later
  • iOS 10.2 or later

To target Xamarin.iOS platform, reference .NET Standard 2.1 binaries.

Xamarin.Android 

  • Visual Studio with Xamarin.Android 10.1 or later

To target Xamarin.Android platform, reference .NET Standard 2.1 binaries.

Legacy platform support 

Legacy edition of Rebex WebSocket for the following platforms is available as a separate product:

  • .NET Compact Framework 3.5/3.9
  • .NET Framework 2.0/3.0

Legacy platforms are platforms that are no longer covered by our Standard Support, but have not yet reached End of Life. For details, see the following KB articles:

.NET Compact Framework 

Rebex WebSocket supports .NET Compact Framework on Microsoft's legacy embedded, handheld and mobile platforms based on Windows CE.

Supported frameworks:

  • .NET Compact Framework 3.9
  • .NET Compact Framework 3.5 (end-of-life)

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows Embedded Compact 2013

Known to work on the following end-of-life operating systems:

  • Windows Embedded Compact 7
  • Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5
  • Windows Embedded CE 6.0
  • Windows CE 5.0
  • Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5

Please note .NET Compact Framework is a legacy platform, which means that Rebex WebSocket for .NET CF is available as a separate product with different lifecycle and pricing.

Due to popular demand, we will continue to provide and maintain binaries for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 until 2023-10-10, as long as your legacy support contract remains active. However, support for these binaries is no longer included in the Rebex Support Contract.

Cryptographic algorithms 

  • RSA
  • Ed25519
  • ECDSA
  • DSA (legacy)
  • Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange (ECDH)
  • AES
  • AES/GCM
  • ChaCha20/Poly1305
  • Tripple DES
  • Twofish
  • DES (legacy)
  • Blowfish (legacy)
  • ArcFour (compatible with RC4, legacy)
  • ArcTwo (compatible with RC2, legacy)
  • SHA-2 (SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512)
  • SHA-1
  • MD5 (legacy)
  • MD4 (legacy)

XCOPY deployment 

When distributing an application using Rebex WebSocket library, simply copy the following DLL files (.NET assemblies) with your application:

  • Rebex.Common.dll
  • Rebex.Networking.dll
  • Rebex.WebSocket.dll

There is no need to install, configure or distribute anything else to make them work.

Rebex WebSocket license is royalty-free - you can distribute your application to unlimited number of users or computers without any additional fees.

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