GRequest vs SwiftSocket

GRequest

An Generic HTTP Request Library For Swift (by lingoer)

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SwiftSocket

The easy way to use sockets on Apple platforms (by swiftsocket)

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GRequest		SwiftSocket
	Project
-	Mentions	1
114	Stars	1,664
-	Growth	0.5%
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 10 years ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
Swift	Language	Swift
-	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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GRequest

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

SwiftSocket

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Is there a reliable swift package for running a tcp connection from an ios app ?
2 projects | /r/SwiftUI | 16 Sep 2021

I managed to make it kind of work with CFStreamCreatePairWithSocketToHost but it seems to be deprecated. SwiftSocket looks to be a good solution too but at this point I'm not very sure what to do or what to use.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GRequest and SwiftSocket you can also consider the following projects:

Transporter - A tiny library makes uploading and downloading easier

Socket.IO

Malibu - :surfer: Malibu is a networking library built on promises

BlueSocket - Socket framework for Swift using the Swift Package Manager. Works on iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Perfect - Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)

Starscream - Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX

Reachability.swift - Replacement for Apple's Reachability re-written in Swift with closures

SwiftWebSocket

SwiftHTTP - Thin wrapper around NSURLSession in swift. Simplifies HTTP requests.

Socks - 🔌 Non-blocking TCP socket layer, with event-driven server and client.

Alamofire - Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift

SocketRocket