Mercure
Real-time updates protocol and server-sent events hub
Mercure is an open protocol and self-hosted hub for pushing real-time data updates to web and mobile clients over server-sent events. It is commonly used to automate live UI updates and event broadcasting.
Key features
- Real-time updates protocol
- Server-sent events hub
- JWT-based authorization
- Lightweight Go binary
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 5.3k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
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