SwiftWebSocket vs BlueSocket

SwiftWebSocket

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BlueSocket

Socket framework for Swift using the Swift Package Manager. Works on iOS, macOS, and Linux. (by Kitura)

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SwiftWebSocket		BlueSocket
	Project
-	Mentions	1
1,436	Stars	1,392
-	Growth	0.4%
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 5 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Swift	Language	Swift
Custom	License	Apache License 2.0

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SwiftWebSocket

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

BlueSocket

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Any tutorials you recommend for URLSession?
2 projects | /r/swift | 25 Feb 2022

This isn’t specifically what you’re looking for but just an FYI, BlueSocket gives you a fairly typical (in the Unix sense) API around sockets.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SwiftWebSocket and BlueSocket you can also consider the following projects:

Starscream - Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX

SwiftSocket - The easy way to use sockets on Apple platforms

SocketRocket

Socket.IO

WebSocket - WebSocket implementation for use by Client and Server

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

YYHRequest-Swift - Simple asynchronous HTTP networking class for Swift

Swift-ActionCableClient - ActionCable is a new WebSocket server being released with Rails 5 which makes it easy to add real-time features to your app. This Swift client makes it dead-simple to connect with that server, abstracting away everything except what you need to get going.