SockJS VS sockette

Compare SockJS vs sockette and see what are their differences.

SockJS

WebSocket emulation - Node.js server (by sockjs)

sockette

The cutest little WebSocket wrapper! 🧦 (by lukeed)
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SockJS sockette
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2,087 2,422
0.4% -
3.9 4.2
5 months ago 2 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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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 2023-12-18.
  • WebSockets and Node.js - testing WS and SockJS by building a web app
    3 projects | dev.to | 18 Dec 2023
    SockJS is a library that mimics the native WebSockets API. Additionally, it will fall back to HTTP whenever a WebSocket fails to connect, or if the browser being used doesn’t support WebSockets. Like WS, SockJS requires a server counterpart; its maintainers provide both a JavaScript client library and a Node.js server library.
  • 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.

sockette

Posts with mentions or reviews of sockette. 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
    Sockette is a WebSocket wrapper that allows you to reuse instances without having to declare all event listeners multiple times. Sockette is a very lightweight library, just about 367 bytes according to the GitHub page. If a connection is lost, Sockette automatically reconnects.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SockJS and sockette you can also consider the following projects:

Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)

SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework

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

deepstream.io - deepstream.io server

Faye - Simple pub/sub messaging for the web

Straw - Realtime processing framework for Node.js

SecureWebsocket - Secure WebSocket on HTTP using NaCL

Kalm - Moved to https://github.com/kalm/kalm.js

sockjs-client - WebSocket emulation - Javascript client

deployd - a toolkit for building realtime APIs

rivalis - Simple, secure and fast real-time application development on top of NodeJS

humanify - Add human touch to otherwise very machined node.js streams.