Socket.io VS uWebSockets.js

Compare Socket.io vs uWebSockets.js and see what are their differences.

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Socket.io uWebSockets.js
825 32
60,129 7,252
0.5% 2.6%
7.8 8.2
12 days ago about 1 month ago
TypeScript C++
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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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 2024-02-08.

uWebSockets.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of uWebSockets.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Socket.io and uWebSockets.js 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.

fastify-websocket - basic websocket support for fastify

SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework

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

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

pws - Just another simple, fast, and resilient open-source WebSockets server. 📣 [Moved to: https://github.com/soketi/soketi]

peerjs - Simple peer-to-peer with WebRTC.

subscriptions-transport-ws - :arrows_clockwise: A WebSocket client + server for GraphQL subscriptions

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.

jelly-actix-web-starter - A starter template for actix-web projects that feels very Django-esque. Avoid the boring stuff and move faster.

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

µWebSockets - Simple, secure & standards compliant web server for the most demanding of applications