WICG/direct-sockets

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Direct Sockets API for the web platform

Stars: 428
Forks: 26
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 21

Dominant language: HTML
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Jul 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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21 open issues indexed

support SharedArrayBuffers Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

WICG/direct-sockets#82 · Opened Jan 19, 2026
Question about TLS Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

WICG/direct-sockets#77 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2025
Service worker support Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WICG/direct-sockets#76 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 19, 2024
Understanding security concerns Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WICG/direct-sockets#75 · 2 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Nov 25, 2024
UDP sockets are not able to Send a Message to custom UDP Server Open

WICG/direct-sockets#73 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 29, 2024
Question regarding allowHalfOpen Option Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WICG/direct-sockets#58 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2023
support for setting IP_TOS Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WICG/direct-sockets#53 · Opened Aug 4, 2022
dynamic socket settings Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WICG/direct-sockets#52 · Opened Aug 4, 2022
How to play with the API? Open

good first issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

WICG/direct-sockets#46 · 16 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2022
Suggestion: condition this on a web permission + CSP + CORS + explicit permissions request to provide a strong layer of security Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WICG/direct-sockets#45 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2022
Specification is missing normative content Open

documentation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WICG/direct-sockets#44 · Opened Feb 23, 2022
Explainer should explain the API design choices Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WICG/direct-sockets#43 · Opened Feb 23, 2022
General explainer review Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

WICG/direct-sockets#42 · Opened Feb 23, 2022
Current status? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

WICG/direct-sockets#35 · 25 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 9, 2021
Backend uses in Chrome Headless Open

WICG/direct-sockets#32 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 27, 2020
IPv6 zone index handling Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WICG/direct-sockets#29 · Opened Nov 10, 2020
dangerous interaction with application-level protocol sniffing in routers Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WICG/direct-sockets#28 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 1, 2020
specifying a hostname in the user consent prompt is useless without DNS rebinding protection Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WICG/direct-sockets#16 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 21, 2020
Accessing other services via TCP is not mentioned in threats Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WICG/direct-sockets#14 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 21, 2020
DTLS for UDP Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

WICG/direct-sockets#9 · Opened Aug 19, 2020
Massive security concerns Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WICG/direct-sockets#1 · 19 comments · 13 reactions · Opened Jul 26, 2020

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