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libwebsockets v4.5.4

Created: 2016-09-18
Updated: 2026-03-05

Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library built to use minimal CPU and memory resources, and provide fast throughput in both directions as client or server.

https://libwebsockets.org/

# License

MIT

MIT License

LICENSE

# Supported Platforms

!uwp

✅ linux
✅ osx
✅ windows

❌ ~~uwp~~

# Features

No features defined.

# Dependencies

libuv
Platforms: !emscripten
openssl
pthreads
zlib

No transitive dependencies.

# Host Dependencies

and one transitive dependency:

vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (by openssl )

# Dependents

kubernetes

# Host Dependents

No dependents.

# Contributors

# Changelog

40c0d75
40c0d75 [libwebsockets] update to 4.5.4 (#50322)
2026-03-05
669bdfa
669bdfa [libwebsockets] update to 4.5.3 (#50308)
2026-03-05
3176fdf
3176fdf [libwebsockets] update to 4.5.2 (#48689)
2025-12-04
00158c0
00158c0 [libwebsockets] update to 4.5.0 (#48589)
2025-12-01
3a19af4
3a19af4 [libwebsockets] Update to 4.4.1 (#47187)
2025-09-03
a0c0139
a0c0139 [libwebsockets] Update to 4.3.5 (#45229)
2025-04-25
6db51d8
6db51d8 [vcpkg_replace_string] warn unchanged by call (#34719)
2024-06-19
f4aa70a
f4aa70a [libwebsockets] Update to version 4.3.3 (#39302)
2024-06-17
382c902
382c902 [libwebsockets] Update to v4.3.2 (#28095)
2022-12-01
407bc79
407bc79 [openssl] update to 3.0.2 (#22878)
2022-04-06

and 46 more commits:

c9e786d
c9e786d [many ports] remove remaining vcpkg_fail_port_install calls. (#22770)
2022-01-25
eecbe2a
eecbe2a [libwebsockets] Fix building with Emscripten (#22563)
2022-01-18
2100b83
2100b83 [lws] Update version to 4.3.0 (#21672)
2021-11-26
cb066f1
cb066f1 [libwebsockets] no absolute paths (#21137)
2021-11-08
e7e328c
e7e328c [many ports] call vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig() (#20953)
2021-10-27
1251762
1251762 [libwebsockets] remove restriction for arm platform (#20738)
2021-10-15
5aec72b
5aec72b [mosquitto] Update to 2.0.12 (#20148)
2021-09-27
9d892ff
9d892ff [libwebsockets] Enable separate debug and release builds (#20251)
2021-09-22
bcf551b
bcf551b [fftw3/libwebsockets/uwebsockets] Update to latest release (#20051)
2021-09-08
422d8ab
422d8ab [libwebsockets] Update dependency (#17253)
2021-04-29
ff615bb
ff615bb [libwebsockets] Fix usage, export include path (#17003)
2021-04-07
6b1db3e
6b1db3e [libwebsockets] Update to v4.1.6 (#16767)
2021-03-19
bc61b70
bc61b70 [libwebsockets] Extend LWS build params with gencrypto & tls options (#14074)
2020-10-20
be0c342
be0c342 Use libwebsocket's master for libuv-related bugfixes (#13939)
2020-10-13
690215d
690215d [libwebsockets] Update to the latest version (#13803)
2020-10-07
c1be618
c1be618 [libwebsockets] Update to 4.0.1 (#10658)
2020-04-03
0f1294c
0f1294c [libwebsockets] Update options -DLWS_USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB as -DLWS_WITH_BUNDLED_ZLIB
2020-04-02
bc37190
bc37190 [libwebsockets] add libuv support (#9970)
2020-02-13
925041e
925041e Updating library to v3.2.2 from v3.2.0. (#9734)
2020-01-22
bdae090
bdae090 [libpq, openssl, librtmp] libpq 12 and others with openssl 1.1.1d (#8566)
2020-01-13
f188960
f188960 Update libwebsockets to v3.2.0 (#8017)
2019-09-09
bcff929
bcff929 Add PREFER_NINJA to many ports (#7468)
2019-07-31
47d206e
47d206e [many ports] improvements for linux/wsl (#6730)
2019-06-20
b4ae1fb
b4ae1fb [libwebsockets] Fix build error on Linux (#6855)
2019-06-17
18b029a
18b029a [WIP] Add a Homepage URL entry for vcpkg ports (#2933)
2019-06-15
bb1bb1c
bb1bb1c Updates 2018.12.14
2019-01-09
64a7483
64a7483 Upgrades 2018.09.18
2018-09-19
6ad96b7
6ad96b7 2018.05.17 updates
2018-05-17
96da24e
96da24e [cimg][doctest][harfbuzz][libwebsockets] Upgrades
2018-03-11
933c462
933c462 [libwebsockets] update to 2.4.1
2018-01-19
482f85f
482f85f [libwebsockets] Use vcpkg_from_github. Compare against VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE instead of VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE. Use vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets().
2017-11-11
1b67990
1b67990 Removing static linkage warning/toggle
2017-11-11
679dd12
679dd12 Incrementing CONTROL version for libwebsockets
2017-11-11
b5afd00
b5afd00 Modifying libwebsockets portfile to account for static triplets
2017-11-11
26516fe
26516fe vcpkg_configure_cmake (and _meson) now embed debug symbols within static libs (/Z7)
2017-09-09
b415c13
b415c13 [libwebsockets] Bump version to correspond to source code change for uwp support.
2017-01-13
e4b1551
e4b1551 apply patch to all builds, not just uwp
2017-01-12
2f92128
2f92128 added support to build uwp versions
2017-01-12
cadee66
cadee66 If portfile is not static-enabled yet, warn and then build dynamic The opposite if portfile is not dynamic enabled
2016-11-08
1808d46
1808d46 triplet is now automatically included before portfiles.
2016-11-08
b12d182
b12d182 [libwebsockets] Mark as not static ready
2016-10-26
b1fe038
b1fe038 Remove use of vcpkg_build_cmake() across all portfiles. Fixes #123
2016-10-06
3679955
3679955 Introduce SOURCE_PATH to almost all portfiles
2016-09-28
930d0a7
930d0a7 URL and MIRRORS are now URLS
2016-09-25
fc26083
fc26083 Second part of updated portfiles
2016-09-22
ccca198
ccca198 Initial commit
2016-09-18

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