knightremotes

A high-performance, type-safe networking library for Roblox using binary buffers for efficient data transmission.

Features

✨ High Performance - Binary buffer protocol with automatic batching
🔒 Type Safe - Full strict mode support with comprehensive type annotations
🛡️ Middleware System - Intercept and modify packets for validation, logging, and rate limiting
⚡ Reliable & Unreliable - Choose the right transmission method for your use case
🔄 Two-Way Communication - Request/response pattern for client-server interactions
📦 Efficient Serialization - Optimized encoding for all Roblox data types

Quick Start

local KnightRemotes = require(ReplicatedStorage.Packages.knightremotes)
KnightRemotes:init()

-- Create a remote
KnightRemotes:new("PlayerDamaged", true, false)

-- Server: Listen for events
KnightRemotes:Connect("PlayerDamaged", function(player, damage)
    player.Character.Humanoid.Health -= damage
end)

-- Client: Fire events
KnightRemotes:Fire("PlayerDamaged", 25)

Documentation

• 📖 API Documentation - Complete API reference with examples
• 🔧 Migration Guide - Coming from RemoteEvents?

Installation

Wally

[dependencies]
knightremotes = "vq9o/knightremotes@2.0.0"

Then run: wally install

Why KnightRemotes?

Traditional RemoteEvents and RemoteFunctions are simple but inefficient. KnightRemotes provides:

• 60% smaller packets through optimized binary serialization
• Automatic batching of multiple calls in a single frame
• Middleware system for centralized validation and rate limiting
• Type safety with full Luau type annotations
• Flexible reliability - choose reliable or unreliable per remote

Example: Two-Way Communication (Server -> Client / Client -> Server)

-- Server
KnightRemotes:new("GetPlayerData", {
    Reliable = true;
    TwoWay = true;
}, function(player, dataType)
    return true, player.Data[dataType]
end)

-- Client
local success, data = KnightRemotes:Fire("GetPlayerData", "inventory")
if success then
    print("Inventory:", data)
end

Example: Middleware

-- Rate limiting middleware
KnightRemotes:UseMiddleware(function(player, eventName, args)
    if isRateLimited(player) then
        return false -- Block the request
    end
    return true
end)

Links

• The Knight framework (not required): https://github.com/RAMPAGELLC/knight/tree/main
• Documentation: https://knight.metatable.dev/luau-api/knight-remotes-api
• Legacy (V1): https://github.com/RAMPAGELLC/KnightRemotes

License

MIT License

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