Zyre

Framework for proximity-based peer-to-peer applications

Zyre provides reliable group messaging over local area networks.

It has these key characteristics

• Zyre needs no administration or configuration.
• Peers may join and leave the network at any time.
• Peers talk to each other without any central brokers or servers.
• Peers can talk directly to each other.
• Peers can join groups, and then talk to groups.
• Zyre is reliable, and loses no messages even when the network is heavily loaded.
• Zyre is fast and has low latency, requiring no consensus protocols.
• Zyre is designed for WiFi networks, yet also works well on Ethernet networks.
• Time for a new peer to join a network is about one second.

Typical use cases for Zyre are

• Local service discovery.
• Clustering of a set of services on the same Ethernet network.
• Controlling a network of smart devices Internet of Things.
• Multi-user mobile applications like smart classrooms.