Socket.io Alternatives

Socket.io is described as 'Socket.IO aims to make real-time apps possible in every browser and mobile device, blurring the differences between the different transport mechanisms' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Socket.io for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and JavaScript apps. The best Socket.io alternative is TrailBase, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Socket.io are Primus, JBoss, Jetty and SockJS.

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  1. TrailBase icon

    TrailBase

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    TrailBase offers a blazingly fast, open-source application server featuring type-safe APIs and real-time data. Built on Rust, with JS/ES6/TS runtime, it provides built-in authentication, admin UI, and low-latency responses. Supports mobile, web, and desktop, eliminating the need for dedicated caches.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    • TrailBase is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Socket.io.

    • TrailBase is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Socket.io.

    • TrailBase is Free and Open SourceSocket.io is also Free and Open Source
  2. Primus icon

    Primus

     2 likes

    Primus, the creator god of transformers but now also known as universal wrapper for real-time frameworks. There are a lot of real-time frameworks available for Node.js and they all have different opinions on how real-time should be done.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  4. JBoss icon

    JBoss

     14 likes

    JBoss is Red Hats Java EE 5-compliant (soon Java EE 6-compliant) application server. It is, as with Red Hat itself, dual-licensed either as open source (community edition) or commercially (enterprise edition).

    16 JBoss alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Jetty icon

    Jetty

     14 likes

    The Jetty Web Server provides a HTTP server and Servlet container capable of serving static and dynamic contend either from a standalone or embedded instantiations.

    12 Jetty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. SockJS icon

    SockJS

     1 like

    SockJS is a browser JavaScript library that provides a WebSocket-like object. SockJS gives you a coherent, cross-browser, Js API which creates a low latency, full duplex, cross-domain communication channel between the browser and the web server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  7. Ably icon

    Ably

     7 likes

    Scalable pub/sub platform offers developers secure, low-latency, enterprise-grade realtime messaging, built-in features for GPS tracking, event updates, and automatic failover, delivering billions of messages daily to users across industries on a global edge network.

    15 Ably alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Ably is the most popular Web-based alternative to Socket.io.

    • Ably is Freemium and ProprietarySocket.io is Free and Open Source
  9. eventlet icon

    eventlet

     3 likes

    Eventlet is a concurrent networking library for Python that allows you to change how you run your code, not how you write it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  10. SignalR

     3 likes

    ASP.NET SignalR is a new library for ASP.NET developers that makes it incredibly simple to add real-time web functionality to your applications. What is "real-time web" functionality? It's the ability to have your server-side code push content to the connected...

    6 SignalR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
     
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    Mako Server

     1 like

    The Mako Server is a compact, ready-to-run web and application server that delivers powerful Lua-based web capabilities with zero setup, just download and go. Its tiny footprint hides a feature-rich engine packed with asynchronous non-blocking sockets and a complete web...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    simperium

     5 likes

    Simperium is a service for developers to move data everywhere it's needed, instantly and automatically.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     

  13. WebSocket-Node

     3 likes

    A WebSocket Implementation for Node.JS ( Draft -08 through the final RFC 6455 )

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  14. Pusher icon

    Pusher

     8 likes

    Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality to web and mobile apps.

    43 Pusher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Pusher screenshot 1
     

    • Pusher is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Socket.io.

    • Pusher is the most popular commercial alternative to Socket.io.

    • Pusher is Paid and ProprietarySocket.io is Free and Open Source
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