diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6557e85..90eb320 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8916,10 +8916,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
  "actix-ws",
+ "awc",
  "env_logger",
  "futures-util",
  "log",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml b/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
index 2edfdd9..3059e5f 100644
--- a/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websockets/echo-actorless/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,11 +3,21 @@ name = "websockets-echo-actorless-example"
 version = "1.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "websocket-server"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "websocket-client"
+path = "src/client.rs"
+
 [dependencies]
 actix-files.workspace = true
 actix-web.workspace = true
 actix-ws.workspace = true
+awc.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
-futures-util.workspace = true
+futures-util = { workspace = true, features = ["sink"] }
 log.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "time", "macros"] }
+tokio-stream.workspace = true
diff --git a/websockets/echo-actorless/README.md b/websockets/echo-actorless/README.md
index 59e41cd..bcf29ae 100644
--- a/websockets/echo-actorless/README.md
+++ b/websockets/echo-actorless/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Simple echo websocket server using [`actix-ws`].
 
 ```sh
 cd websockets/echo-actorless
-cargo run
+cargo run --bin websocket-server
 # starting HTTP server at http://localhost:8080
 ```
 
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ cargo run
 
 Go to <http://localhost:8080> in a browser.
 
+### rust client
+
+```sh
+cd websockets/echo-actorless
+cargo run --bin websocket-client
+```
+
 ### CLI Client
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/websockets/echo-actorless/src/client.rs b/websockets/echo-actorless/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bcfd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/websockets/echo-actorless/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+//! Simple websocket client.
+
+use std::{io, thread};
+
+use actix_web::web::Bytes;
+use awc::ws;
+use futures_util::{SinkExt as _, StreamExt as _};
+use tokio::{select, sync::mpsc};
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
+
+#[actix_web::main]
+async fn main() {
+    env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
+
+    log::info!("starting echo WebSocket client");
+
+    let (cmd_tx, cmd_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+    let mut cmd_rx = UnboundedReceiverStream::new(cmd_rx);
+
+    // run blocking terminal input reader on separate thread
+    let input_thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
+        let mut cmd = String::with_capacity(32);
+
+        if io::stdin().read_line(&mut cmd).is_err() {
+            log::error!("error reading line");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        cmd_tx.send(cmd).unwrap();
+    });
+
+    let (res, mut ws) = awc::Client::new()
+        .ws("ws://127.0.0.1:8080/ws")
+        .connect()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    log::debug!("response: {res:?}");
+    log::info!("connected; server will echo messages sent");
+
+    loop {
+        select! {
+            Some(msg) = ws.next() => {
+                match msg {
+                    Ok(ws::Frame::Text(txt)) => {
+                        // log echoed messages from server
+                        log::info!("Server: {txt:?}")
+                    }
+
+                    Ok(ws::Frame::Ping(_)) => {
+                        // respond to ping probes
+                        ws.send(ws::Message::Pong(Bytes::new())).await.unwrap();
+                    }
+
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+
+            Some(cmd) = cmd_rx.next() => {
+                if cmd.is_empty() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                ws.send(ws::Message::Text(cmd.into())).await.unwrap();
+            }
+
+            else => break
+        }
+    }
+
+    input_thread.join().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/websockets/echo/Cargo.toml b/websockets/echo/Cargo.toml
index 980ce36..e649145 100644
--- a/websockets/echo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/websockets/echo/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ env_logger.workspace = true
 futures-util = { workspace = true, features = ["sink"] }
 log.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
-tokio-stream = "0.1.8"
+tokio-stream.workspace = true
diff --git a/websockets/echo/src/client.rs b/websockets/echo/src/client.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bcfd95..0000000
--- a/websockets/echo/src/client.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-//! Simple websocket client.
-
-use std::{io, thread};
-
-use actix_web::web::Bytes;
-use awc::ws;
-use futures_util::{SinkExt as _, StreamExt as _};
-use tokio::{select, sync::mpsc};
-use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
-
-#[actix_web::main]
-async fn main() {
-    env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
-
-    log::info!("starting echo WebSocket client");
-
-    let (cmd_tx, cmd_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-    let mut cmd_rx = UnboundedReceiverStream::new(cmd_rx);
-
-    // run blocking terminal input reader on separate thread
-    let input_thread = thread::spawn(move || loop {
-        let mut cmd = String::with_capacity(32);
-
-        if io::stdin().read_line(&mut cmd).is_err() {
-            log::error!("error reading line");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        cmd_tx.send(cmd).unwrap();
-    });
-
-    let (res, mut ws) = awc::Client::new()
-        .ws("ws://127.0.0.1:8080/ws")
-        .connect()
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-
-    log::debug!("response: {res:?}");
-    log::info!("connected; server will echo messages sent");
-
-    loop {
-        select! {
-            Some(msg) = ws.next() => {
-                match msg {
-                    Ok(ws::Frame::Text(txt)) => {
-                        // log echoed messages from server
-                        log::info!("Server: {txt:?}")
-                    }
-
-                    Ok(ws::Frame::Ping(_)) => {
-                        // respond to ping probes
-                        ws.send(ws::Message::Pong(Bytes::new())).await.unwrap();
-                    }
-
-                    _ => {}
-                }
-            }
-
-            Some(cmd) = cmd_rx.next() => {
-                if cmd.is_empty() {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                ws.send(ws::Message::Text(cmd.into())).await.unwrap();
-            }
-
-            else => break
-        }
-    }
-
-    input_thread.join().unwrap();
-}
diff --git a/websockets/echo/src/client.rs b/websockets/echo/src/client.rs
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..eaf2039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/websockets/echo/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../echo-actorless/src/client.rs
\ No newline at end of file