mongoose/README.md

Mongoose - Embedded Web Server / Embedded Networking Library

Mongoose is ideal for embedded environments. It has been designed for connecting devices and bringing them online. Mongoose has been on the market since 2004 and attracted over 1 million cumulative downloads.

It provides easy to use event-driven interface that allows to implement network protocols or scalable network applications with little effort. Mongoose helps developers to manage the complexity of network programming and let them concentrate on the logic, saving time and money.

• Download Mongoose Source Code here
• [Check our latest releases] (https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases)
• Read User Guide and API reference
• Study mongoose example code

If you like what you see and want to stay up to date with our regular updates, star and watch Mongoose.

Nothing overdone. Nothing less. So unbelievably easy to use. Just how good software should be! -- Pritin Tyagaraj, SAP

If you are looking for a complete IoT platform with firmware and cloud compotent, check out [Smart.js.] (https://github.com/cesanta/smart.js)

Support

• [Support Forum - Ask your technical questions here] (http://forum.cesanta.com/index.php?p=/categories/smart-js)
• [Chat - Visit www.cesanta.com for our live chat] (http://www.cesanta.com)
• [Commercial one-to-one support - Available to all commercial license holders] (https://www.cesanta.com/services-support)

Features

• Cross-platform: works on Linux/UNIX, MacOS, QNX, eCos, Windows, Android, iPhone, FreeRTOS (TI CC3200, ESP8266), etc
• Single-threaded, asynchronous, non-blocking core with simple event-based API
• Native support for PicoTCP embedded TCP/IP stack, LWIP embedded TCP/IP stack
• Builtin protocols:
  • plain TCP, plain UDP, SSL/TLS (over TCP, one-way or two-way)
  • HTTP client, HTTP server
  • WebSocket client, WebSocket server
  • JSON-RPC client, JSON-RPC server
  • MQTT client, MQTT broker
  • CoAP client, CoAP server
  • DNS client, DNS server, async DNS resolver
• Tiny static and run-time footprint
• Source code is both ISO C and ISO C++ compliant
• Very easy to integrate: just copy mongoose.c and mongoose.h files to your build tree

Licensing

Mongoose is released under commercial and GPLv2 open source licenses.

Commercial Projects: Once your project becomes commercialised GPLv2 licensing dictates that you need to either open your source fully or purchase a commercial license. Cesanta offer full, royalty-free commercial licenses without any GPL restrictions. Contact us for pricing.

Prototyping: While your project is still in prototyping stage and not for sale, you can use Mongoose’s open source code without license restrictions.

Dashboard Example

Mongoose is often used to implement device dashboards and real-time data exchange over Websocket. Here is a dashboard example that illustrates the functionality:

Developing a new product? Contact us today to discuss how Mongoose can help