sock VS websocket

Compare sock vs websocket and see what are their differences.

sock

Sock's minimal lightweight core server written in Go (by Sock-Net)

websocket

A fast, well-tested and widely used WebSocket implementation for Go. (by gorilla)
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sock websocket
1 44
0 18,557
- -
5.6 5.3
about 2 years ago over 1 year ago
Go Go
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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sock

Posts with mentions or reviews of sock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-11.
  • Connecting devices together!
    2 projects | dev.to | 11 Mar 2022
    Sock is a idea, not a code. "Sock" allows you to connect to channels and communicate with other instances. Everyone can make his own "Sock" and "Sock Client". Or you can use Lightweight Sock Server to host a Sock.

websocket

Posts with mentions or reviews of websocket. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing sock and websocket you can also consider the following projects:

5chan-go - Backend for 5chan

Fiber - ⚡️ Express inspired web framework written in Go

go-astisrt - SRT server, client and socket in GO

go-socket.io - socket.io library for golang, a realtime application framework.

Mercure - 🪽 An open, easy, fast, reliable and battery-efficient solution for real-time communications

fiber-boilerplate - Simple and scalable boilerplate to build powerful and organized REST projects with Fiber.

Gin - Gin is a HTTP web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a Martini-like API with much better performance -- up to 40 times faster. If you need smashing performance, get yourself some Gin.

chi - lightweight, idiomatic and composable router for building Go HTTP services

Centrifugo - Scalable real-time messaging server in a language-agnostic way. Self-hosted alternative to Pubnub, Pusher, Ably. Set up once and forever.

centrifuge - Real-time messaging library for Go. The simplest way to add feature-rich and scalable WebSocket support to your application. The core of Centrifugo server.

RxGo - Reactive Extensions for the Go language.