What it provides

• Typed buffer serialization for compact network payloads
• Reliable and unreliable packets
• Client-to-server queries with typed responses
• Frame-batched packet traffic
• Composable schemas for Roblox and Luau values

Install with Wally

[dependencies]
ByteNetMax = "elitriare/bytenet-max@0.2.7"

Check the Wally package for the latest published version.

Minimal example

[!IMPORTANT] The shared namespace ModuleScript must be required on both the server and client, with the server initializing first. See Required initialization.

Define networking once in a shared ModuleScript:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ByteNetMax = require(ReplicatedStorage.Packages.ByteNetMax)

return ByteNetMax.defineNamespace("Game", function()
	return {
		packets = {
			Announcement = ByteNetMax.definePacket({
				value = ByteNetMax.string,
			}),
		},
		queries = {
			GetCoins = ByteNetMax.defineQuery({
				request = ByteNetMax.nothing,
				response = ByteNetMax.uint32,
			}),
		},
	}
end)

Require that shared module on both the server and client. See the getting started guide for the complete setup.

Documentation

The dedicated documentation covers:

• Your first packet
• Your first query
• Packet API
• Query API
• Data types
• Security and limits

License

ByteNet Max is available under the MIT License.