diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0fae9e931c5..b18f4230ddb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2254,10 +2254,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "image",
  "itertools",
  "mimalloc",
- "re_comms",
  "re_log_types",
  "re_viewer",
  "re_web_server",
+ "re_ws_comms",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -2305,10 +2305,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "mimalloc",
  "prost",
- "re_comms",
  "re_log_types",
  "re_viewer",
  "re_web_server",
+ "re_ws_comms",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -2692,23 +2692,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "re_comms"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "bincode",
- "ewebsock",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "parking_lot 0.12.0",
- "re_log_types",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite",
- "tracing",
- "tungstenite",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "re_data_store"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2779,10 +2762,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "puffin",
  "puffin_http",
  "rand",
- "re_comms",
  "re_data_store",
  "re_log_types",
  "re_string_interner",
+ "re_ws_comms",
  "rfd",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2806,6 +2789,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "re_ws_comms"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bincode",
+ "ewebsock",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.0",
+ "re_log_types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tracing",
+ "tungstenite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.13"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5ede6b0dd8c..a9ce270a3030 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
-    "crates/re_comms",
     "crates/re_data_store",
     "crates/re_log_types",
     "crates/re_string_interner",
     "crates/re_viewer",
     "crates/re_web_server",
+    "crates/re_ws_comms",
 
     "examples/nyud",
     "examples/objectron",
diff --git a/check.sh b/check.sh
index 220b4fc1366a..aad4ceda9a1a 100755
--- a/check.sh
+++ b/check.sh
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ cargo test --workspace --doc --all-features
 cargo doc --lib --no-deps --all-features
 cargo doc --document-private-items --no-deps --all-features
 
-(cd crates/re_comms && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd crates/re_log_types && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd crates/re_viewer && cargo check --no-default-features --lib)
 (cd crates/re_web_server && cargo check --no-default-features)
+(cd crates/re_ws_comms && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd examples/nyud && cargo check --no-default-features)
 (cd examples/objectron && cargo check --no-default-features)
 
-(cd crates/re_comms && cargo check --all-features)
 (cd crates/re_log_types && cargo check --all-features)
 (cd crates/re_viewer && cargo check --all-features)
 (cd crates/re_web_server && cargo check --all-features)
+(cd crates/re_ws_comms && cargo check --all-features)
 (cd examples/nyud && cargo check --all-features)
 (cd examples/objectron && cargo check --all-features)
 
diff --git a/crates/re_viewer/Cargo.toml b/crates/re_viewer/Cargo.toml
index ae2376f2f67d..6fedaa318bd3 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/re_viewer/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ puffin = ["dep:puffin", "dep:puffin_http", "eframe/puffin"]
 
 
 [dependencies]
-re_comms = { path = "../re_comms", features = ["client"] }
+re_ws_comms = { path = "../re_ws_comms", features = ["client"] }
 re_data_store = { path = "../re_data_store", features = ["puffin"] }
 re_log_types = { path = "../re_log_types", features = ["save", "load"] }
 re_string_interner = { path = "../re_string_interner" }
diff --git a/crates/re_viewer/README.md b/crates/re_viewer/README.md
index 9713997da89c..3cd0918a7c18 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewer/README.md
+++ b/crates/re_viewer/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ This is the main crate with all the GUI.
 
 This is both a library and a binary. Can be compiled both natively for desktop, and as WASM for web.
 
-Talks to the server over WebSockets (using `re_comms`).
+Talks to the server over WebSockets (using `re_ws_comms`).
 
 `cargo run --release -p re_viewer -- --help`
diff --git a/crates/re_viewer/src/main.rs b/crates/re_viewer/src/main.rs
index 39ebea7c2d02..ed537370994e 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewer/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/re_viewer/src/main.rs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ async fn main() {
         );
     } else {
         let mut url = args.url_or_path;
-        // let url = re_comms::default_server_url();
+        // let url = re_ws_comms::default_server_url();
         if !url.contains("://") {
-            url = format!("{}://{url}", re_comms::PROTOCOL);
+            url = format!("{}://{url}", re_ws_comms::PROTOCOL);
         }
         eframe::run_native(
             "rerun viewer",
diff --git a/crates/re_viewer/src/remote_viewer_app.rs b/crates/re_viewer/src/remote_viewer_app.rs
index ada833e11e90..ec0c6a14fa0a 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewer/src/remote_viewer_app.rs
+++ b/crates/re_viewer/src/remote_viewer_app.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::App;
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct RemoteViewerApp {
     url: String,
-    app: Option<(re_comms::Connection, App)>,
+    app: Option<(re_ws_comms::Connection, App)>,
 }
 
 impl RemoteViewerApp {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl RemoteViewerApp {
     fn connect(&mut self, egui_ctx: egui::Context, storage: Option<&dyn eframe::Storage>) {
         let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
 
-        let connection = re_comms::Connection::viewer_to_server(
+        let connection = re_ws_comms::Connection::viewer_to_server(
             self.url.clone(),
             move |data_msg: re_log_types::LogMsg| {
                 if tx.send(data_msg).is_ok() {
diff --git a/crates/re_viewer/src/web.rs b/crates/re_viewer/src/web.rs
index e050e86b501c..758db6af8d70 100644
--- a/crates/re_viewer/src/web.rs
+++ b/crates/re_viewer/src/web.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn get_url(info: &eframe::IntegrationInfo) -> String {
         }
     }
     if url.is_empty() {
-        re_comms::default_server_url()
+        re_ws_comms::default_server_url()
     } else {
         url
     }
diff --git a/crates/re_comms/Cargo.toml b/crates/re_ws_comms/Cargo.toml
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/re_comms/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/re_ws_comms/Cargo.toml
index dbd167986f8e..ddc6fd2d094a 100644
--- a/crates/re_comms/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/re_ws_comms/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "re_comms"
+name = "re_ws_comms"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.62"
diff --git a/crates/re_comms/README.md b/crates/re_ws_comms/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/re_comms/README.md
rename to crates/re_ws_comms/README.md
diff --git a/crates/re_comms/src/client.rs b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/client.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/re_comms/src/client.rs
rename to crates/re_ws_comms/src/client.rs
diff --git a/crates/re_comms/src/lib.rs b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from crates/re_comms/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
index 55fbce60bb02..a3e6181c3a42 100644
--- a/crates/re_comms/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use re_log_types::LogMsg;
 
 pub type Result<T> = anyhow::Result<T>;
 
-pub const DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT: u16 = 9876;
+pub const DEFAULT_WS_SERVER_PORT: u16 = 9876;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 pub const PROTOCOL: &str = "wss";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub const PROTOCOL: &str = "wss";
 pub const PROTOCOL: &str = "ws";
 
 pub fn default_server_url() -> String {
-    format!("{PROTOCOL}://127.0.0.1:{DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT}")
+    format!("{PROTOCOL}://127.0.0.1:{DEFAULT_WS_SERVER_PORT}")
 }
 
 const PREFIX: [u8; 4] = *b"RR00";
diff --git a/crates/re_comms/src/server.rs b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/server.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/re_comms/src/server.rs
rename to crates/re_ws_comms/src/server.rs
diff --git a/examples/nyud/Cargo.toml b/examples/nyud/Cargo.toml
index 266863129bac..75a694416d30 100644
--- a/examples/nyud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/nyud/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [features]
 default = []
-web = ["re_comms", "re_web_server", "tokio", "webbrowser"]
+web = ["re_ws_comms", "re_web_server", "tokio", "webbrowser"]
 
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 zip = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 
 # Optional:
-re_comms = { path = "../../crates/re_comms", optional = true, features = ["server"] }
+re_ws_comms = { path = "../../crates/re_ws_comms", optional = true, features = ["server"] }
 re_web_server = { path = "../../crates/re_web_server", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "io-std",
diff --git a/examples/nyud/src/main.rs b/examples/nyud/src/main.rs
index 9eb3382027af..7465387132e1 100644
--- a/examples/nyud/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/nyud/src/main.rs
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         }
     });
 
-    let pub_sub_url = re_comms::default_server_url();
+    let pub_sub_url = re_ws_comms::default_server_url();
 
-    let server = re_comms::Server::new(re_comms::DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT).await?;
+    let server = re_ws_comms::Server::new(re_ws_comms::DEFAULT_WS_SERVER_PORT).await?;
     let server_handle = tokio::spawn(server.listen(rerun_rx));
 
     let web_port = 9090;
diff --git a/examples/objectron/Cargo.toml b/examples/objectron/Cargo.toml
index dfad75c540de..12421e057e52 100644
--- a/examples/objectron/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/objectron/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [features]
 default = []
-web = ["re_comms", "re_web_server", "tokio", "webbrowser"]
+web = ["re_ws_comms", "re_web_server", "tokio", "webbrowser"]
 
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 
 # Optional:
-re_comms = { path = "../../crates/re_comms", optional = true, features = ["server"] }
+re_ws_comms = { path = "../../crates/re_ws_comms", optional = true, features = ["server"] }
 re_web_server = { path = "../../crates/re_web_server", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "io-std",
diff --git a/examples/objectron/src/main.rs b/examples/objectron/src/main.rs
index f1cc8605cb43..f96109bcd174 100644
--- a/examples/objectron/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/objectron/src/main.rs
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         }
     });
 
-    let pub_sub_url = re_comms::default_server_url();
+    let pub_sub_url = re_ws_comms::default_server_url();
 
-    let server = re_comms::Server::new(re_comms::DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT).await?;
+    let server = re_ws_comms::Server::new(re_ws_comms::DEFAULT_WS_SERVER_PORT).await?;
     let server_handle = tokio::spawn(server.listen(rerun_rx));
 
     let web_port = 9090;