ndn-cxx: NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions

ndn-cxx is a C++14 library implementing Named Data Networking (NDN) primitives that can be used to write various NDN applications. The library is currently being used by the following projects:

• NFD - NDN Forwarding Daemon
• NLSR - Named-data Link-State Routing protocol
• ndn-tools - Essential NDN command-line tools
• repo-ng - Next generation of NDN repository
• ChronoSync - Sync library for multiuser realtime applications
• PSync - Partial and full synchronization library
• ndn-traffic-generator - Traffic generator for NDN
• NAC - Name-based Access Control
• NDNS - Domain Name Service for NDN

Please submit any bugs or feature requests to the ndn-cxx issue tracker.

ndn-cxx Documentation

• Getting started with ndn-cxx

• Trivial applications

• Tutorials

  • NDN Software Contributor’s Guide (guide for newcomers to the NDN community of software generally)
  • NDN Regular Expression
  • Validator Configuration File Format

• Specifications

  • Signed Interest
  • NDN Certificate Format Version 2.0
  • Export/Import Credentials
  • Validation Error Code

• Manpages

Additional documentation

• API documentation (doxygen)
• ndn-cxx Code Style and Coding Guidelines
• Release Notes
• All ndn-cxx Releases

License

ndn-cxx is an open source project licensed under the LGPL version 3. For more information about the license, refer to COPYING.md.