Socket.io Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   gevent

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   gevent is a coroutine -based Python networking library that uses greenlet to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of the libev event loop.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Python

   

   

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   greenlet

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   Lightweight in-process concurrent programming.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Python
   • C++

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   Notifyr

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   Notifyr's cloud push notification service is the easiest way to get started with realtime apps

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   Lightstreamer

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   Lightstreamer is a server for delivering real-time messages to browser-based and mobile applications, using WebSockets and HTTP. Features include dynamic throttling, bandwidth and frequency control, delta delivery, and total control over security and the quality of service.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Blackberry
   • Android Tablet
   • Windows Phone
   • iPad
   • Self-Hosted
   • Blackberry 10

   

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   Faye

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   Faye is a set of tools for simple publish-subscribe messaging between web clients. It ships with easy-to-use message routing servers for Node.js and Rack applications, and clients that can be used on the server and in the browser.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • JavaScript
   • Node.JS

   

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   JsSIP

    1 like

   JsSIP, the JavaScript SIP (Session Initiation Protocol ) library.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • JavaScript

   

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   SocketCluster

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   A scalable framework for realtime apps and microservices.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • JavaScript
   • Node.JS

   

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    Nchan

     1 like

    Nchan is a scalable, configurable pub/sub server for the modern web, built as a module for the Nginx web server. Dead simple REST API, super flexible configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Redis
    • NGINX

    

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    UbSub

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    Route events from and to popular destinations like github, bitbucket, IFTTT, Zapier, IoT devices (Arduino, particle, etc), and many more! Easily test webhooks, and manage your event-based systems without learning AWS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Arduino IDE
    • Linux Mint
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    

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    Hotsock

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    Hotsock is a fully-private service that powers real-time functionality in your web and mobile apps, installed serverlessly in your own AWS account.

    6 Hotsock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Web App Development
    • Backend as a Service

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services

    

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    Atmosphere Framework

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    atmosphere - Realtime Client Server Framework for the JVM, supporting WebSockets and Cross-Browser Fallbacks Support

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

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    Socketioxide

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    A socket.io server implementation in Rust that integrates with the Tower ecosystem and the Tokio stack. It integrates with any server framework based on tower like Axum, Warp, Salvo or Hyper. Add any other tower based middleware on top of socketioxide such as CORS...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

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