Firehose
Build realtime Ruby web applications. Created by the fine folks at Poll Everywhere. (by firehoseio)
Faye
Simple pub/sub messaging for the web (by faye)
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| Firehose | Faye | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 4 | |
| 726 | 4,378 | |
| 0.0% | -0.1% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 year ago | about 2 years ago | |
| Ruby | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
Firehose
Posts with mentions or reviews of Firehose.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
We haven't tracked posts mentioning Firehose yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
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?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Firehose and Faye you can also consider the following projects:
Action Cable Client - A ruby client for interacting with Rails' ActionCable. -- Maintainers Wanted.
Websocket-Rails - Plug and play websocket support for ruby on rails.
Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
Rails Realtime - Adding Real-Time To Your RESTful Rails App
Slanger - Open Pusher implementation compatible with Pusher libraries
AnyCable - AnyCable for Ruby applications
Lite Cable - Lightweight Action Cable implementation (Rails-free)
WebPush - webpush, Encryption Utilities for Web Push protocol
SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework