# Centrifugo

Self-hosted real-time messaging server that delivers published messages to browser and app clients over WebSocket and other transports.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/centrifugo/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://centrifugal.dev
- repository: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo
- docs: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/installation

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Centrifugal Labs LTD
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: binary download, docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10888
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 53
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://centrifugal.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://centrifugal.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://centrifugal.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://centrifugal.dev/docs/getting-started/introduction (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/releases (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo/releases (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo (read 2026-10-19)
- contributors: https://github.com/centrifugal/centrifugo (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Centrifugo is a self-hosted real-time messaging server. It holds client connections over WebSocket and other transports and delivers published messages to browser and app clients. Several Centrifugo nodes can share connections through a broker such as Redis, PostgreSQL or NATS.

## Worth knowing

The homepage names Centrifugo PRO, a separate paid offering. This record does not cover its terms.

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