An Analysis of the Performance of WebSockets in Various Programming Languages

1. uWebSockets.js

   1 36 8,356 9.1 C++

   μWebSockets for Node.js back-ends :metal:

   

   Interesting that https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets.js outperforms the raw C++ uWebSockets implementation.

   It's also interesting that https://github.com/websockets/ws does not appear in this study, given that in the node ecosystem it is ~3x more likely to be used (not a perfect measurement but ws has 28k github stars vs uWebSockets 8k stars)

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3. Go-Gorilla_Websocket-Benchmark-Server

   2 1 4 - Go

   This is a Go (Gorilla) variation of websocket servers designed to benchmark the performance of both reliability and speed of various websocket implementations.

   

   https://github.com/matttomasetti/Go-Gorilla_Websocket-Benchm...

   Also, this paper is from Feb 2021.

4. Go-Gorilla_Websocket-Benchm

   3 1 - -

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   https://github.com/matttomasetti/Go-Gorilla_Websocket-Benchm...

   Also, this paper is from Feb 2021.

5. ws

   4 32 22,070 6.4 JavaScript

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

   

   Interesting that https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets.js outperforms the raw C++ uWebSockets implementation.

   It's also interesting that https://github.com/websockets/ws does not appear in this study, given that in the node ecosystem it is ~3x more likely to be used (not a perfect measurement but ws has 28k github stars vs uWebSockets 8k stars)

6. µWebSockets

   5 42 17,775 8.8 C++

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

   

   NodeJS beating C++ in these benchmarks makes me suspect the methodology / server setup since the NodeJS library[0] used is just a wrapper around the C++ library[1].

   [0]: https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets.js

7. NodeJS_Websocket-Benchmark-Client

   6 1 9 - JavaScript

   This is a NodeJS websocket client designed to benchmark the performance of both reliability and speed of various websocket implementations.

   

   Yes _however_ the nodejs benchmark at least is handling each message asynchronously, whereas the go implementation is only handling connections asynchronously.

   The client fires off all the requests before waiting for a response: https://github.com/matttomasetti/NodeJS_Websocket-Benchmark-... so the comparison isn't quite apples to apples.

8. NodeJS_Websocket-Benchmark-

   7 1 - -

   Discontinued [GET https://api.github.com/repos/matttomasetti/NodeJS_Websocket-Benchmark-: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

   Yes _however_ the nodejs benchmark at least is handling each message asynchronously, whereas the go implementation is only handling connections asynchronously.

   The client fires off all the requests before waiting for a response: https://github.com/matttomasetti/NodeJS_Websocket-Benchmark-... so the comparison isn't quite apples to apples.

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10. event-loop

    8 5 1,288 4.7 PHP

    ReactPHP's core reactor event loop that libraries can use for evented I/O.

    

    It uses reactphp event-loop library:

    https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop

    That library can use either select, libuv, libev or libevent if I'm not mistaken. Fibers are not used at this point, although other libraries have explored the idea (revoltphp).

    If we're assuming the paper author installed a typical PHP, then it's using select for async I/O. It's the slowest implementation of the event loop.

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