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react/gifsocket
===============

Real Time communication library using Animated Gifs as a transport™.

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React/Gifsocket
===============

[](#reactgifsocket)

"Real Time communication library using Animated Gifs as a transport™" - Alvaro Videla.

[![React](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7ae1d65d23d6cc1bab1bafcb02941e8742c2ff231fd8fadaa06a11459170235a/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f72656163747068702f676966736f636b65742f6d61737465722f646f632f72656163742e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7ae1d65d23d6cc1bab1bafcb02941e8742c2ff231fd8fadaa06a11459170235a/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f72656163747068702f676966736f636b65742f6d61737465722f646f632f72656163742e706e67)[![Mind Blown](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/577168ad3d6c876a7b6a4092b1550552385a671ce886d3eb663aa61f8ad97332/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f72656163747068702f676966736f636b65742f6d61737465722f646f632f6d79627261696e2e676966)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/577168ad3d6c876a7b6a4092b1550552385a671ce886d3eb663aa61f8ad97332/68747470733a2f2f7261772e6769746875622e636f6d2f72656163747068702f676966736f636b65742f6d61737465722f646f632f6d79627261696e2e676966)

This is a PHP port of the very awesome [gifsockets](https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets) by Alvaro Videla. It is using `React/Http` for delivery.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Through [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First, start the example server:

```
$ php examples/stdin.php

```

Next, open up a browser and point it to `localhost:8080`. Now you can start typing stuff into the server window. Each line captured by STDIN will be converted to a GIF frame and streamed to the browser in Real Time (tm), also known as Netscape Time (tm).

Browser support
---------------

[](#browser-support)

Good:

- IE6
- Safari
- Firefox

Bad:

- Opera

Non-existent:

- Chrome

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT, see LICENSE.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- Alvaro Videla, for [gifsockets](https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets)
- László Zsidi, for the [GifEncoder](http://www.phpclasses.org/package/3163-PHP-Generate-GIF-animations-from-a-set-of-GIF-images.html)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

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