Nalix¶

Nalix is a .NET networking stack for building TCP and UDP systems with a shared packet model across server and client code.

The docs are organized around the parts people actually use:

• Nalix.Network for listeners, connections, dispatch, middleware, and server-side limits
• Nalix.SDK for client TCP sessions, request helpers, handshakes, and directives
• Nalix.Framework for configuration, service registration, and background workers
• Nalix.Common and Nalix.Shared for contracts, packet attributes, and built-in frames

Start here¶

If you are new to the project, read in this order:

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Quick Start
4. Packages Overview

If you are building a server, continue with:

• Nalix.Network
• Architecture
• Server Blueprint

If you are building a client, continue with:

• Nalix.SDK
• SDK Overview
• TCP Session

Core runtime idea¶

The normal Nalix flow is:

1. load typed configuration
2. register shared services such as ILogger and IPacketRegistry
3. build packet dispatch
4. start a listener or connect a client session
5. exchange packets through the same registry and metadata rules

Minimal example¶

flowchart LR
    A["Configuration"] --> B["InstanceManager"]
    B --> C["PacketRegistry"]
    C --> D["Dispatch or Session"]
    D --> E["Handlers / Requests"]

What this site tries to answer¶

• which package to install
• how to start a server
• how to start a client
• how dispatch, middleware, and metadata fit together
• which runtime options matter in production