An IPC transport for the Kalm framework.

• Send messages over file handles (IPC) to other processes with ease
• Supports Windows, Mac and Linux

Installing

npm install @kalm/ipc

Options

{
    /** The maximum idle time for the connection before it hangs up (default: 30000) */
    socketTimeout: 30000,
    /** The prefix to use for file handler location. Final handler is ${path + port}
        Ex: '/tmp/app.socket-9001' for Mac and Linux or 'C:\Windows\Temp\app.socket-9001' on Windows
    */
    path: '/tmp/app.socket-'
}

For more info, refer to the Kalm Homepage

Contribute

If you think of something that you want, open an issue or file a pull request, we'll be more than happy to take a look!

License

Apache 2.0 (c) 2025 Frederic Charette