Is Asio the best library for networking in C++?

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  • sockpuppet

    C++ socket and address library

  • I tried wrapping all of that with some flexibility into a small library pet project. But for real-world applications I would recommend going for ASIO.

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  • WebSocket

    A lightweight RFC 6455 (Web Socket) implementation for Qt5 & Qt6 (C++) (by cculianu)

  • Yeah the WebSocket library in Qt is an abomination. I had to roll my own. Here is my WebSocket library that uses Qt properly, better than the Qt one does: https://github.com/cculianu/WebSocket

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