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Practical, bite-sized networking demos for TCP/TLS, HTTP, and SSH, plus native extension examples. This site explains how to run the demos, build packages, and understand the repository layout.

• Pure-Python networking demos with real TLS certificates

• ctypes shared library example (.so/.dylib/.dll)

• pybind11 C/C++ extension example (.so/.pyd)

• CI workflows for release and documentation

Quick links

• Quickstart

• Usage

• Examples

• Packaging

At a glance

Area	Highlights
Core demos	TCP echo, TLS echo, HTTP GET/POST, minimal SSH banner exchange
Native examples	ctypes shared library, pybind11 extension package
Build & release	CI builds, tagged releases, RTD documentation

Contents

• Overview
  • Goals
  • Repository layout
  • Design principles
• Quickstart
  • Environment
  • Run a TCP echo demo
  • Run a TLS echo demo
• Usage
  • Install
  • Run modules
  • Import from Python
• Examples
  • ctypes Shared Library
  • C/C++ Extension Package (pybind11)
• Packaging
  • Main package
  • Extension demo package
  • Release tagging
• CI and Release
  • CI workflows
  • Release flow
  • Read the Docs
• FAQ
  • Why does TLS warn about certificates?
  • Why are there native examples inside the package?
  • Can I run the examples without installing?