Socket.io VS ws

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

Socket.io

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

ws

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js (by websockets)
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Socket.io ws
826 27
60,129 21,036
0.5% 1.1%
7.8 7.7
14 days ago 9 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 2024-04-26.

ws

Posts with mentions or reviews of ws. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-26.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Socket.io and ws 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

uWebSockets.js - μWebSockets for Node.js back-ends :metal:

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

redux-toolkit - The official, opinionated, batteries-included toolset for efficient Redux development

peerjs - Simple peer-to-peer with WebRTC.

graphql-ws - Coherent, zero-dependency, lazy, simple, GraphQL over WebSocket Protocol compliant server and client.

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.

Passport - Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js.

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

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