# gorilla/websocket  [](https://codecov.io/github/gorilla/websocket) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/gorilla/websocket) [](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/gorilla/websocket?badge) Gorilla WebSocket is a [Go](http://golang.org/) implementation of the [WebSocket](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455.txt) protocol.  ### Documentation * [API Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/gorilla/websocket?tab=doc) * [Chat example](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/chat) * [Command example](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/command) * [Client and server example](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/echo) * [File watch example](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/filewatch) * [Write buffer pool example](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/bufferpool) ### Status The Gorilla WebSocket package provides a complete and tested implementation of the [WebSocket](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455.txt) protocol. The package API is stable. ### Installation go get github.com/gorilla/websocket ### Protocol Compliance The Gorilla WebSocket package passes the server tests in the [Autobahn Test Suite](https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-testsuite) using the application in the [examples/autobahn subdirectory](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket/tree/main/examples/autobahn).