Feature_Matrix

Implementations of websockify

The primary implementation of websockify is in python. There are also alternative implementations in the other/ subdirectory. The python implementation should be considered the supported websockify implementation. The alternate implementations are for experimentation and reference.

Feature Matrix

Here is the feature support matrix for the alternative websockify implementations compared with the primary python implementation.

Base Features

Name	Language	SSL/wss	Flash Policy Server	Web Server	Hixie 75 / Hixie 76	IETF 6455 / HyBi 07+	Binary Data
websockify	python	yes 1	yes	yes	75/76	yes	yes
other / websockify.c	C	yes	yes	no	75/76	yes	no
other / websockify.js	Node.js	no	yes	yes	76	yes	yes
other / websockify.rb	Ruby	no	no	no	76	yes	yes
other / websockify.clj	Clojure	?	no	yes	?/76	yes	no
kumina/wsproxy 2	C	no	yes	no	76	yes	no
VNCAuthProxy 3	python (twisted)	yes	no	no	76	yes	no
Java-WebSockify 4	Java	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no
mod_websocket_tcp_proxy 5	C	yes	no	yes	75/76	yes	no
websockify-nginx-module 6	C	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no

• Note 1: to use SSL/wss with python 2.5 or older, see the following section on Building the Python ssl module.

• Note 2: kumina/wsproxy was created by Ed Schouten. He wrote a blog post about this implemenation.

• Note 3: VNCAuthProxy is part of Ganeti Web Manger and is not included with websockify.

• Note 4: Java-Websockify is a separate project maintained by Jarrod Ribble.

• Note 5: mod_websocket_tcp_proxy is plugin for apache-websocket written by Alex Bligh and detailed in this blog post.

• Note 6: websockify-nginx-module is module for nginx written by Boshi Lian and Hao Chen

Additional Features

Name	Multiprocess	Multithreaded	Daemonize	Session Record	Program Wrap	Multiple Targets	Run Once, Then Exit
websockify	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
other / websockify.c	yes	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
other / websockify.js	yes	no	no	no	no	no	?
other / websockify.rb	no	no	no	no	no	no	?
other / websockify.clj	no	yes	no	no	no	no	?
kumina/wsproxy	via inetd	no	via inetd	no	no	yes	?
VNCAuthProxy	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	?
Java-WebSockify	no	yes	no	no	no	no	?
mod_websocket_tcp_proxy	N/A	N/A	N/A	no	no	no	?
websockify-nginx-module	via nginx	via nginx	via nginx	via nginx-lua	no	via nginx-lua	?

Protocol draft/specification links:

• Hixie 75
• Hixie 76
• HyBi 07
• HyBi 10
• HyBi 17
• IETF 6455