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Dev tools · April 23, 2021

Netty-rs – Rust library to easily write server/client network protocols

Netty-rs is a networking library written in Rust that is meant to help create stateful and p2p application level protocols.

Netty-rs – Rust library to easily write server/client network protocols launched on April 23, 2021 with 22 votes, #1,199 of 3,754 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

In plain words

Netty-rs is a Rust library designed to simplify the development of server and client network protocols. It provides developers with tools to build networked applications more efficiently by handling common protocol implementation patterns. The library was launched in April 2021 and is hosted on GitLab, making it accessible to Rust developers who need to create custom network communication layers without building protocol handling from scratch.

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From the sources

Netty-rs is a networking library written in Rust that is meant to help create stateful and p2p application levelfrom gitlab.com

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