Faye
Simple pub/sub messaging for the web (by faye)
SockJS
WebSocket emulation - Node.js server (by sockjs)
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| Faye | SockJS | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | |
| 4,378 | 2,087 | |
| -0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| about 2 years ago | 6 months ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Faye
Posts with mentions or reviews of Faye.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-26.
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8 Best WebSocket Libraries For Node
Faye WebSocket is a versatile WebSocket implementation derived from the Faye project. Faye is a messaging system that uses the Publish/Subscribe model and the Bayeux protocol. It provides message servers for Node, Ruby, and all major web browsers.
- Faye: Simple pub/sub messaging for the web
- Looking for a Pub/Sub alternative for on-prem
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Which self hosted Pub/Sub realtime technology (websockets etc) do you use and why?
I can find socket.io, faye, deepstream.io , autobahn-js and nchan, centrifugo. Can you also explain why you chose it and if you had troubles with some other solution?
SockJS
Posts with mentions or reviews of SockJS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-18.
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WebSockets and Node.js - testing WS and SockJS by building a web app
SockJS is a library that mimics the native WebSockets API. Additionally, it will fall back to HTTP whenever a WebSocket fails to connect, or if the browser being used doesn’t support WebSockets. Like WS, SockJS requires a server counterpart; its maintainers provide both a JavaScript client library and a Node.js server library.
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Top WebSocket libraries for Node.js in 2022
SockJS is a JavaScript library that provides communication between the client and the server in a way similar to the native WebSockets API. SockJS functions with a server counterpart in the form of sockjs-node and SockJS-client, a JavaScript client library.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Faye and SockJS you can also consider the following projects:
Action Cable Client - A ruby client for interacting with Rails' ActionCable. -- Maintainers Wanted.
Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework
Websocket-Rails - Plug and play websocket support for ruby on rails.
Primus - :zap: Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent module lock-in.
AnyCable - AnyCable for Ruby applications
deepstream.io - deepstream.io server
Slanger - Open Pusher implementation compatible with Pusher libraries
Straw - Realtime processing framework for Node.js
SecureWebsocket - Secure WebSocket on HTTP using NaCL