Naia

Spec sheet

Purpose

Naia is a Rust networking library for server-authoritative entity replication and typed message passing in multiplayer games.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Product

Naia is a Rust networking library for server-authoritative entity replication and typed message passing in multiplayer games.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project lists adapters for Bevy and macroquad, plus optional feature-gated metrics and tracing integration.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The security policy asks people to report security issues privately to maintainers via Discord or email before filing a public GitHub issue.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Authority

The server can delegate write authority over an entity to a client and can grant, deny, or revoke that authority.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Browser networking

Browser clients can use WebRTC data channels with the wbindgen feature and builds made with wasm-pack or trunk.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Browser security

The security policy says browser WebRTC data channels use DTLS, while AuthEvent credentials are plaintext from Naia’s application-layer perspective.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

ECS compatibility

Naia is ECS-agnostic and includes Bevy and macroquad adapters.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Engine support

Naia is ECS-agnostic and includes Bevy and macroquad adapters.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Licensing

The repository lists Apache-2.0 and MIT licenses.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Messaging

Typed messages support ordered-reliable, unordered-reliable, and unreliable channels, including tick-buffered channels for client input.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Mobile support

Native iOS and Android clients are not yet supported; the project describes running the WASM client in iOS or Android WebViews as an option.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Native networking

Linux, macOS, and Windows use UDP through naia-socket-native.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Not built in

Steam relay networking is not built in, though the Socket trait can be extended by a community crate.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Planned transport

Native QUIC transport with TLS 1.3 is listed as planned, with no set timeline.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Prediction

Naia provides tick-buffered input delivery for prediction and rollback, but prediction and interpolation logic are not built in.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Replication

The server sends changed replicated component fields to in-scope clients, which receive entity spawn, update, and despawn events.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Room scoping

A user and entity must share a room for replication, and rooms can represent matches, zones, or lobbies.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security limits

Naia does not provide packet authentication or encryption, anti-cheat, application-layer rate limiting, or validation of client-authoritative component values.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security model

Naia describes itself as a networking library, not a security framework, and states that native UDP transport is unencrypted.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security reporting

The GitHub repository links to a security policy.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com

Transports

Native clients use UDP, while browser clients can use WebRTC data channels through the WASM target.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Game Networking Middleware#20 of 297.7