icomet

A C1000K comet server built with libevent

Supported Platforms and Browsers

Browser	Platform
Safari	iOS(iPhone, iPod, iPad), Mac
Firefox	Windows, Mac
Chrome	Windows, Mac
IE6, IE8	Windows

Usage

make
./icomet

curl -v "http://127.0.0.1:8100/sub?cid=12"
# open another terminal
curl -v "http://127.0.0.1:8000/pub?cid=12&content=hi"

JavaScript Library Usage

var comet = new iComet({
	channel: 'abc',
    signUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/sign',
    subUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:8100/sub',
    callback: function(msg){
        // on server push
        alert(msg.content);
    }
});

Memory Usage

Connections	VIRT	RES
0	39m	24m
100,000	302m	288m
200,000	579m	565m
500,000	1441m	1427m
1,000,000	2734m	2720m

2.7KB per connection.

Run the chat demo

1. Compile and start icomet server
2. Drag and drop the file web/chat.html into one web browser
3. Drag and drop the file web/chat.html into another different web browser
4. Start chatting!

Live demo

http://www.ideawu.com/icomet/chat.html