SockJS Alternatives

SockJS is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to SockJS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, JavaScript, Mac and Node.JS apps. The best SockJS alternative is Socket.io, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SockJS are Primus, SignalR, Faye and UbSub.

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  1. Socket.io icon
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    Socket.IO aims to make real-time apps possible in every browser and mobile device, blurring the differences between the different transport mechanisms.

    28 Socket.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • JavaScript
    • C++
    • Java
    • Node.JS
     
  2. Primus icon
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    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
     
  3.  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
     
  4. Faye icon
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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
     
  5. UbSub icon
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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)
     
  6. A scalable framework for realtime apps and microservices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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