kcp-go vs utp

kcp-go

A Crypto-Secure, Production-Grade Reliable-UDP Library for golang with FEC (by xtaci)

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utp

Use anacrolix/go-libutp instead (by anacrolix)

Networking uTP Go Bittorrent transport-protocol UDP deprecated-repo

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kcp-go		utp
	Project
2	Mentions	-
3,942	Stars	173
-	Growth	-
7.0	Activity	1.4
5 days ago	Latest Commit	12 months ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

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kcp-go

Posts with mentions or reviews of kcp-go. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-15.

Do you use TCP and UDP together in your multiplayer games?
3 projects | /r/gamedev | 15 Oct 2021

I guess I should look into something like this before I get much further. It sounds exactly like what you were recommending. I do enjoy reinventing the wheel sometimes, but it is usually not successful lol.
Open-source game server for fast-paced games
3 projects | /r/gamedev | 24 Mar 2021

I used kcp-go. The server includes two parts, Mothership and child server. After the mothership server matchmaking system finds a game it will pass those users to the child server.

utp

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing kcp-go and utp you can also consider the following projects:

quic-go - A QUIC implementation in pure Go

VncProxy - An RFB proxy, written in go that can save and replay FBS files

tcp_server - golang tcp server

dns - DNS library in Go

mqttPaho

ssh - Easy SSH servers in Golang

kcptun - A Stable & Secure Tunnel based on KCP with N:M multiplexing and FEC. Available for ARM, MIPS, 386 and AMD64。N:M 多重化と FEC を備えた KCP に基づく安定した安全なトンネル。 N:M 다중화 및 FEC를 사용하는 KCP 기반의 안정적이고 안전한 터널입니다. Un tunnel stable et sécurisé basé sur KCP avec multiplexage N:M et FEC.

arp - Package arp implements the ARP protocol, as described in RFC 826. MIT Licensed.

stun - Fast RFC 5389 STUN implementation in go

gnet - 🚀 gnet is a high-performance, lightweight, non-blocking, event-driven networking framework written in pure Go./ gnet 是一个高性能、轻量级、非阻塞的事件驱动 Go 网络框架。

go-stun - A go implementation of the STUN client (RFC 3489 and RFC 5389)