[v0.2.0] Graphite | Modern High-Perf Networking Library for Roblox

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:high_voltage:Graphite

Make your networking easy, fast, predictable.

GitHub Repo | Creator Store | Wally

:bell: About

Graphite is a continue of Quartz Project Designed to make networking like a flow.
Graphite using CC(Congestion control) called QNC (Queue Network Control) which using technologies like PI/PID and CoDel

:red_exclamation_mark:This module is in Pre-Release, API maybe can changed!

:star: Features:

  • Very easy API with builder pattern
  • Type safe networking, Graphite using Validator
  • Compact, structure binary serialization with no type tags
  • Slice batching, Not just naive batching, only advanced
  • QNC - Smart Congestion control algorithm
  • 37 advanced and basic types

:rocket: Basic Usage(Client):

local Graphite = require(path.to.Graphite)

local Event = Graphite.Event("Test")
      .type(Graphite.String8)
      .droppable()
      .build()

Event.OnClientEvent(function(str: string)
    print(`got from server {str}`)
end)
-- autocomplete fully working!

Server:

local Graphite = require(path.to.Graphite)

local Event = Graphite.Event("Test")
    .type(Graphite.String8)
    .droppable()
    .build()
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player: Player)
    Event.FireClient(player, "hello")
end)

:handshake: Contribution:

  • View official roadmap
  • see CONTRIBUTING.md in github repo

:magic_wand: RoadMap

  • Optimized pools for anything
  • No runtime tables
  • Bitpacking and ZigZag
  • More QoS Features
  • ???(Secret)
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Damn bro PID controllers for congestion

Where have I seen that in Luau before

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Not Only PID, CoDel Also included in QNC

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but this is not “canon” CoDel, in QNC CoDel is very changed. Also CoDel dropping only works on droppable channles.

In my tests QNC dropped ~3000 packets when Queue was 30000 packets

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My Model is banned on Creator store :sob: Please use github repo

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creator store is taken down, not sure how to setup github and want to try it. what can i do?

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i can send you a rbxm file of module

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yes please, or you can provide the rbxm directly in the post?

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Here:
Graphite.rbxm (19.8 KB)

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this is very cool! the only problem i have is in the basic usage you have to do tostring(bool) or else you get this error: attempt to concatenate string with boolean

i don’t have a use for it but its nice

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The issue is in the example usage (string concatenation with a boolean), not in the library itself.
I’ve fixed the documentation example. Thanks for pointing it out.

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:up_left_arrow: News Log #1 - Small changes

  • QNC CoDel part is now more aggersive to high delay
  • Fixed Packet drop on Client side
  • Removed debug prints(forgot)
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:up_left_arrow: News Log #2 - Optimization

  • Eliminated GC allocations in hot path (table & buffer pooling)
  • Improved performance and latency stability
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:up_left_arrow: News Log #3 - Test

Ran a burst test with 10,000 packets (u8 payload).

Results:

  • 130 ms total processing time
  • 8 network slices
  • 81 packets dropped by QNC (droppable channel)
  • Max slice size: 2735 bytes

Queue stayed stable under heavy load.

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:up_left_arrow: News Log #4

  • Graphite is now avaliable in creator store!
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:up_arrow: Update 0.1.1

  • Added RTT module for QNC
  • QNC Is now adaptive by RTT module
  • Normal CoDel max drop procent (25%)
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:up_left_arrow: News Log #5

  • Graphite is now avliable on Wally!
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:up_left_arrow: News Log #6 - Better RTT module

  • RTT module now using buffers instead basic numbers
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:up_arrow: Update 0.2.0

  • Added type String8
  • QNC CoDel part is now using math.ldexp for more aggresive drop
  • optimized i24/u24 writing
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I like the api patterns wondering if this is something that will be continued to newer versions?
considering using this for a project