Introduction

reliable is a simple packet acknowledgement system for UDP-based protocols.

It has the following features:

1. Acknowledgement when packets are received
2. Packet fragmentation and reassembly
3. RTT and packet loss estimates

reliable is stable and production ready.

Author

The author of this library is Glenn Fiedler.

Open source libraries by the same author include: netcode and yojimbo

Glenn is now the founder and CEO of Network Next. Network Next is a new internet where networks compete on performance and price to carry your traffic. Check it out at https://networknext.com

Source Code

This repository holds the reference implementation of reliable in C.

Other reliable implementations include:

• reliable Rust implementation

Contributors

These people are awesome:

• Walter Pearce - Rust Implementation

Sponsors

reliable was generously sponsored by:

• Gold Sponsors

  • Remedy Entertainment
  • Cloud Imperium Games

• Silver Sponsors

  • Moon Studios
  • The Network Protocol Company

• Bronze Sponsors

  • Kite & Lightning
  • Data Realms

And by individual supporters on Patreon. Thank you. You made this possible!

License

BSD 3-Clause license.