uWebSockets.js VS Socket.io

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

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uWebSockets.js Socket.io
32 826
7,252 60,129
2.6% 0.5%
8.2 7.8
about 1 month ago 16 days ago
C++ TypeScript
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing uWebSockets.js and Socket.io you can also consider the following projects:

fastify-websocket - basic websocket support for fastify

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

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

SocketCluster - Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework

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

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

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

peerjs - Simple peer-to-peer with WebRTC.

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

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.

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

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