Socket.IO vs SwiftSocket

Socket.IO

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SwiftSocket

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

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Socket.IO		SwiftSocket
	Project
4	Mentions	1
5,142	Stars	1,662
0.2%	Growth	0.4%
4.3	Activity	0.0
26 days ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
Swift	Language	Swift
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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Socket.IO

Posts with mentions or reviews of Socket.IO. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-21.

Awesome macOS Libraries List
76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022

Socket.IO - Socket.IO client written on Swift. Language: Swift.
Socket.io POST Requests from Socket.IO-Client-Swift
3 projects | /r/codehunter | 13 Nov 2021

I am running socket.io on an Apache server through Python Flask. We're integrating it into an iOS app (using the Socket.IO-Client-Swift library) and we're having a weird issue.
What’s everyone working on this month? (January 2021)
3 projects | /r/swift | 2 Jan 2021

Yeah, I am using https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift with my Xcode project, and server in nodejs.

SwiftSocket

Posts with mentions or reviews of SwiftSocket. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-16.

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 Socket.IO and SwiftSocket you can also consider the following projects:

Starscream - Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX

Alamofire - Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift

SocketRocket

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

Moya - Network abstraction layer written in Swift.

SwiftWebSocket

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

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.