Pure PHP server, from yesterday, now supports sockets and rooms.
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HN · launched Jul 21, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views
Niche: web server software · 19 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Writing a basic non-blocking socket server in PHP using native `stream_socket_server` or `reactphp`/`swoole` with room management is straightforward and a classic vibe-coding task.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 356 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #259 of 357 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 263 days after the earliest competitor.
- php7 · github · 2026-10-21 · 40 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- proxy · github · 2026-10-21 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- php-safe · github · 2026-10-21 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Turbo · hn · 2026-07-08 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- shoalbase · github · 2026-11-08 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- php74-el7-patched · github · 2026-10-21 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- vivace · github · 2026-09-10 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- php2shell-poc · github · 2026-10-21 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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