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Mongoose Networking Library compared to other solutions.

Mongoose Library provides a high level of assurance in terms of reliability and security.

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Support and proven track record in comparison with the free alternatives

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Better value and support in comparison with the commercial competitors

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Very high Github rank, as for embedded C/C++ library: over 9,000 stars

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Proven and tested with time: over 18 years of track record

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Deployed to hundreds of millions devices worldwide

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Trusted by hundreds of companies big and small: Siemens, Schneider Electric, Broadcom, Samsung, Bosch, Google, Caterpillar and many others

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Secure: the fact that Mongoose Library is used by NASA aboard the International Space Station is the best confirmation to it

Comparison table

POSIX
VxWorks
FreeRTOS
QNX
Auth
SSL/TLS
IPv6
Websocket
MQTT
TCP
UDP
Mongoose
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
GoAhead
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
Barracuda
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
Unicoi
-
-
-
-
-
icon_v
-
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
CivetWeb
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
icon_v
RomPager
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
Libwebsockets
-
-
-
-
icon_x
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x

Comparison table

Mongoose
GoAhead
Barracuda
Unicoi
POSIX
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
-
VxWorks
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
-
FreeRTOS
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
-
QNX
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
-
Auth
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
-
SSL/TLS
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
IPv6
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
-
Websocket
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
MQTT
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
icon_x
TCP
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
UDP
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
Mongoose
CivetWeb
RomPager
Libwebsockets
POSIX
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
-
VxWorks
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
-
FreeRTOS
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
-
QNX
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
-
Auth
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
SSL/TLS
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
IPv6
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
icon_v
Websocket
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_v
MQTT
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
icon_x
TCP
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x
UDP
icon_v
icon_v
icon_x
icon_x

What our customers say

quote If you are debating which library to use, don't make our mistake and try something else, as Mongoose Web Server Library does exactly what it needs to do. We started with a different C++ library that seemed like it would be easier to use, but it was riddled with bugs that made it unusable for our purposes. All the issues we had with the other library were solved with Mongoose.
Mongoose was very straightforward to implement and we didn't have any issues integrating. The single source file design made it extremely easy to work with and made a very low impact on our build process. This was also part of why we chose it. quote
quote We looked through many different libraries and solutions, but with the Mongoose Web Server Library, just within a couple of hours, we built a proof of concept.
With the help of examples, it was pretty straightforward to build the server. The Mongoose Library manages everything related to the Network stack, from IP up to HTTP - everything just works. We faced no problems with the Mongoose Web Server.
We now have a stable solution for customers, everything based around a simple RESTful API built with the Mongoose Library. quote

What our returning customers say

Below you can find an example of what we often hear back (many months or even years after out initial conversation) from the returning customers who initially chose an alternative offer over Mongoose:

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