diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ed798f7..e1db836 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ members = [
   "r2d2",
   "redis-session",
   "rustls",
+  "server-sent-events",
   "simple-auth-server",
   "state",
   "static_index",
diff --git a/server-sent-events/Cargo.toml b/server-sent-events/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a21366d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "server-sent-events"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Arve Seljebu"]
+workspace = ".."
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+actix-rt = "0.2"
+actix-web = "1.0"
+env_logger = "0.6"
+futures = "0.1"
+tokio = "0.1"
diff --git a/server-sent-events/README.md b/server-sent-events/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..804c5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# actix-sse
+Example of server-sent events, aka `EventSource`, with actix web.
+
+```sh
+cargo run
+```
+
+Open http://localhost:8080/ with a browser, then send events with another HTTP client:
+
+```sh
+curl localhost:8080/broadcast/my_message
+```
+
+*my_message* should appear in the browser with a timestamp.
+
+## Performance
+This implementation serve thousand of clients on a 2013 macbook air without problems.
+
+Run [benchmark.js](benchmark.js) to benchmark your own system:
+
+```sh
+$ node benchmark.js
+Connected: 1000, connection time: 867 ms, total broadcast time: 23 ms^C⏎
+```
+
+### Error *Too many open files*
+You may be limited to a maximal number of connections (open file descriptors). Setting maximum number of open file descriptors to 2048:
+
+```sh
+ulimit -n 2048
+```
+
+Test maximum number of open connections with [drain.js](drain.js):
+
+```sh
+$ node drain.js
+Connections dropped: 5957, accepting connections: false^C⏎
+```
+
+_Accepting connections_ indicates wheter resources for the server have been exhausted.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server-sent-events/benchmark.js b/server-sent-events/benchmark.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..452d75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/benchmark.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+const http = require('http')
+
+const n = 1000;
+let connected = 0;
+let messages = 0;
+let start = Date.now();
+let phase = 'connecting';
+let connection_time;
+let broadcast_time;
+
+let message = process.argv[2] || 'msg';
+let expected_data = "data: " + message;
+
+for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    http.get({
+        host: 'localhost',
+        port: 8080,
+        path: '/events'
+    }, response => {
+        response.on('data', data => {
+            if (data.includes(expected_data)) {
+                messages += 1;
+            } else if (data.includes("data: connected\n")) {
+                connected += 1;
+            }
+        })
+    }).on('error', (_) => {});
+}
+
+setInterval(() => {
+    if (phase === 'connecting' && connected === n) {
+        // done connecting
+        phase = 'messaging';
+        connection_time = Date.now() - start;
+    }
+
+    if (phase === 'messaging') {
+        phase = 'waiting';
+        start = Date.now();
+
+        http.get({
+            host: 'localhost',
+            port: 8080,
+            path: '/broadcast/' + message
+        }, response => {
+            response.on('data', _ => {})
+        })
+    }
+
+    if (phase === 'waiting' && messages >= n) {
+        // all messages received
+        broadcast_time = Date.now() - start;
+        phase = 'paused';
+        messages = 0;
+        phase = 'messaging';
+    }
+
+    process.stdout.write("\r\x1b[K");
+    process.stdout.write(`Connected: ${connected}, connection time: ${connection_time} ms, total broadcast time: ${broadcast_time} ms`);
+}, 20)
diff --git a/server-sent-events/drain.js b/server-sent-events/drain.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae803c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/drain.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const http = require('http')
+
+let drop_goal = 10_000;
+let dropped = 0;
+
+let query = {
+    host: 'localhost',
+    port: 8080,
+    path: '/events'
+}
+
+setInterval(() => {
+    if (dropped < drop_goal) {
+        let request = http.get(query, response => {
+            response.on('data', data => {
+                if (data.includes("data: connected\n")) {
+                    // drop connection after welcome message
+                    dropped += 1;
+                    request.abort()
+                }
+            })
+        })
+        .on('error', () => {})
+    }
+}, 1)
+
+setInterval(() => {
+    http.get('http://localhost:8080/', () => print_status(true))
+        .setTimeout(100, () => print_status(false))
+        .on('error', () => {})
+}, 20)
+
+function print_status(accepting_connections) {
+    process.stdout.write("\r\x1b[K");
+    process.stdout.write(`Connections dropped: ${dropped}, accepting connections: ${accepting_connections}`);
+}
diff --git a/server-sent-events/src/index.html b/server-sent-events/src/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c601c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/src/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
+    <title>Server-sent events</title>
+    <style>
+        p {
+            margin-top: 0.5em;
+            margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+        }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="root"></div>
+    <script>
+        let root = document.getElementById("root");
+        let events = new EventSource("/events");
+        events.onmessage = (event) => {
+            let data = document.createElement("p");
+            let time = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
+            data.innerText = time + ": " + event.data;
+            root.appendChild(data);
+        }
+    </script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/server-sent-events/src/main.rs b/server-sent-events/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aea38de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-sent-events/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+use actix_rt::Arbiter;
+use actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError;
+use actix_web::web::{Bytes, Data, Path};
+use actix_web::{web, App, Error, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
+
+use env_logger;
+use tokio::prelude::*;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
+use tokio::timer::Interval;
+
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+    let data = Broadcaster::create();
+
+    HttpServer::new(move || {
+        App::new()
+            .register_data(data.clone())
+            .route("/", web::get().to(index))
+            .route("/events", web::get().to(new_client))
+            .route("/broadcast/{msg}", web::get().to(broadcast))
+    })
+    .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")
+    .expect("Unable to bind port")
+    .run()
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+fn index() -> impl Responder {
+    let content = include_str!("index.html");
+
+    HttpResponse::Ok()
+        .header("content-type", "text/html")
+        .body(content)
+}
+
+fn new_client(broadcaster: Data<Mutex<Broadcaster>>) -> impl Responder {
+    let rx = broadcaster.lock().unwrap().new_client();
+
+    HttpResponse::Ok()
+        .header("content-type", "text/event-stream")
+        .no_chunking()
+        .streaming(rx)
+}
+
+fn broadcast(msg: Path<String>, broadcaster: Data<Mutex<Broadcaster>>) -> impl Responder {
+    broadcaster.lock().unwrap().send(&msg.into_inner());
+
+    HttpResponse::Ok().body("msg sent")
+}
+
+struct Broadcaster {
+    clients: Vec<Sender<Bytes>>,
+}
+
+impl Broadcaster {
+    fn create() -> Data<Mutex<Self>> {
+        // Data ≃ Arc
+        let me = Data::new(Mutex::new(Broadcaster::new()));
+
+        // ping clients every 10 seconds to see if they are alive
+        Broadcaster::spawn_ping(me.clone());
+
+        me
+    }
+
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Broadcaster {
+            clients: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn spawn_ping(me: Data<Mutex<Self>>) {
+        let task = Interval::new(Instant::now(), Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .for_each(move |_| {
+                me.lock().unwrap().remove_stale_clients();
+                Ok(())
+            })
+            .map_err(|e| panic!("interval errored; err={:?}", e));
+
+        Arbiter::spawn(task);
+    }
+
+    fn remove_stale_clients(&mut self) {
+        let mut ok_clients = Vec::new();
+        for client in self.clients.iter() {
+            let result = client.clone().try_send(Bytes::from("data: ping\n\n"));
+
+            if let Ok(()) = result {
+                ok_clients.push(client.clone());
+            }
+        }
+        self.clients = ok_clients;
+    }
+
+    fn new_client(&mut self) -> Client {
+        let (tx, rx) = channel(100);
+
+        tx.clone()
+            .try_send(Bytes::from("data: connected\n\n"))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        self.clients.push(tx);
+        Client(rx)
+    }
+
+    fn send(&self, msg: &str) {
+        let msg = Bytes::from(["data: ", msg, "\n\n"].concat());
+
+        for client in self.clients.iter() {
+            client.clone().try_send(msg.clone()).unwrap_or(());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// wrap Receiver in own type, with correct error type
+struct Client(Receiver<Bytes>);
+
+impl Stream for Client {
+    type Item = Bytes;
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>, Self::Error> {
+        self.0.poll().map_err(ErrorInternalServerError)
+    }
+}