Node.js port of websocketd, turns any app using STDIN/STDOUT into a WebSocket server.
npm install -g websocketify
websocketify --port 8080 --address 127.0.0.1 -- tail -f /var/log/system.log
websocketify includes the dev console from websocketd, which is very useful for debugging web socket servers.
Enable it with --devconsole, then open in your browser at your --address and --port.
By default websocketify will spawn a new child process for each WebSocket connection. With --singleton, one child process
will be shared between all connections.
- The child process will start on the first connection, and stop once the last connection is closed.
- Output from the process is sent to all connected sockets.
- Input from any connection is sent to the process's STDIN.
- Output is not buffered.