We’re building BIMIP, an open-source protocol for real-time communication, streaming, and device-aware connectivity.

BIMIP is a scalable real-time communication protocol built for developers who need reliable, low-latency connectivity across devices, users, and distributed systems.

It is designed for massive-scale chat, location streaming, push notifications, chat message awareness, media streaming, and real-time collaboration — all powered by a binary, event-driven architecture that maximizes performance and efficiency.

Built on the BEAM (Erlang/Elixir) runtime, BIMIP provides fault tolerance, massive concurrency, and distributed scalability out of the box — making it ideal for mission-critical, always-connected systems.

At its core, BIMIP is composed of two primary services:

• BimipSignal — Handles BimipClient connections, signaling, and message serialization/deserialization.
• BimipServer — Serves as the authoritative control plane for identity, token management, contact coordination, and inter-device routing.

Together, they form a robust, distributed communication layer that ensures:

• High throughput for millions of concurrent sessions
• Low-latency routing across nodes and regions
• Persistent awareness of user and device presence
• Seamless synchronization between multiple connected devices

BIMIP is a scalable real-time communication protocol built for developers who need reliable, low-latency connectivity across devices, users, and distributed systems.

It is designed for massive-scale chat, location streaming, push notifications, chat message awareness, media streaming, and real-time collaboration — all powered by a binary, event-driven architecture that maximizes performance and efficiency.

Built on the BEAM (Erlang/Elixir) runtime, BIMIP provides fault tolerance, massive concurrency, and distributed scalability out of the box — making it ideal for mission-critical, always-connected systems.

At its core, BIMIP is composed of two primary services:

• BimipSignal — Handles BimipClient connections, signaling, and message serialization/deserialization.
• BimipServer — Serves as the authoritative control plane for identity, token management, contact coordination, and inter-device routing.

Together, they form a robust, distributed communication layer that ensures:

• High throughput for millions of concurrent sessions
• Low-latency routing across nodes and regions
• Persistent awareness of user and device presence
• Seamless synchronization between multiple connected devices

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