Wipes – pipe stdin to your browser over websockets
Pipe text to a WebSocket server. Contribute to apg/wipes development by creating an account on GitHub.
Wipes – pipe stdin to your browser over websockets launched on April 30, 2014 with 31 votes, #538 of 1,174 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.
In plain words
Wipes is a developer tool that pipes text from standard input to a WebSocket server, displaying the output in a browser. It allows developers to stream data directly to web applications in real time without building a custom server. The tool is designed for developers who need quick WebSocket connections for debugging, testing, or data visualization purposes.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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