Socket.io VS SockJS

Compare Socket.io vs SockJS and see what are their differences.

Socket.io

Realtime application framework (Node.JS server) (by socketio)

SockJS

WebSocket emulation - Node.js server (by sockjs)
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Socket.io SockJS
815 1
59,396 2,073
0.3% 0.1%
8.0 0.0
5 days ago 26 days ago
TypeScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT 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 2023-11-20.

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 2022-01-07.
  • Top WebSocket libraries for Node.js in 2022
    12 projects | dev.to | 7 Jan 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 Socket.io and SockJS you can also consider the following projects:

Primus - :zap: Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent module lock-in.

SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework

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

peerjs - Simple peer-to-peer with WebRTC

Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) - .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.

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

deepstream.io - deepstream.io server

Pusher - Ruby library for Pusher Channels HTTP API

ws - Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js

Faye - Simple pub/sub messaging for the web

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.

vba-websocket - VBA Websocket Sample (Echo Server Client)