websocketify

Node.js port of websocketd, turns any app using STDIN/STDOUT into a WebSocket server.

Install

npm install -g websocketify

Usage

websocketify --port 8080 --address 127.0.0.1 -- tail -f /var/log/system.log

Features

Dev Console

websocketify includes the dev console from websocketd, which is very useful for debugging web socket servers. Enable it with --devconsole, then open in your browser at your --address and --port.

Singleton Mode

By default websocketify will spawn a new child process for each WebSocket connection. With --singleton, one child process will be shared between all connections.

• The child process will start on the first connection, and stop once the last connection is closed.
• Output from the process is sent to all connected sockets.
• Input from any connection is sent to the process's STDIN.
• Output is not buffered.