Cross platform .NET WebSocket server library with async support

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Are there any cross-platform (read: Mono-friendly) libraries that offer WebSocket server support and allow for asynchronous IO via a C# 5 async API?

SuperSocket.NET seems like the closest option, but does not appear to offer async support.

Mono itself does not yet implement System.Net.WebSockets.

You can run XSockets.NET on Mono and there are async send methods but not with C#5. XSockets is built on .NET 4.0 http://xsockets.net — Uffe, May 04 '13 at 07:53
[Alchemy Websockets](http://alchemywebsockets.net) is another Mono-compatible WebSocket library, but it doesn't appear to have async support. — Drew Noakes, Jan 22 '14 at 14:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '14 at 09:57

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You can use now WebSocketListener.

It offers async methods.

answered May 13 '14 at 09:57

vtortola

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '13 at 08:13

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You should use SuperWebSocket instead of SuperSocket. Both SuperWebSocket and SuperSocket support async communications. SuperWebSocket is a websocket server base on SuperSocket.

answered Jun 18 '13 at 08:13

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Can you provide a reference that shows how these libraries support c# 5 `async`? – Drew Noakes Jun 19 '13 at 08:28
It doesn't support the keyword "async", but the communications is async. – Kerry Jiang Jun 19 '13 at 08:51
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My question is about support for C# 5's `async` and `await`. – Drew Noakes Jun 19 '13 at 11:04

Cross platform .NET WebSocket server library with async support

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