Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to SmartFoxServer

Product categories

2D Game Engine 3D Game Engine API API Tools APIs Analytics App Development Backend As A Service Developer Tools Game Development Game Engine Mobile Push Messaging

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to SmartFoxServer are Nakama, Colyseus, and Godot Engine. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Nakama Landing Page
1

Nakama

Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Game Development 14 social mentions
Colyseus Landing Page
2

Colyseus

Multiplayer Game Server for Node.js. Focus on the gameplay instead of networking.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Game Development 4 social mentions
Godot Engine Landing Page
3

Godot Engine

Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 447 social mentions
Pusher Landing Page
4

Pusher

Pusher is a hosted API for quickly, easily and securely adding scalable realtime functionality via WebSockets to web and mobile apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mobile Push Messaging #Developer Tools #App Development 50 social mentions
Unity Landing Page
5

Unity

The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions
Socket.io Landing Page
6

Socket.io

Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 717 social mentions
Insomnia REST Landing Page
7

Insomnia REST

The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client ð´
Pricing:
- Open Source
#API Tools #API #Developer Tools 120 social mentions
RenPy Landing Page
8

RenPy

Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Visual Novel Engine #IDE #Text Editors 16 social mentions
Parse Landing Page
9

Parse

Build applications faster with object and file storage, user authentication, push notifications, dashboard and more out of the box.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Backend As A Service 20 social mentions
Postman Landing Page
10

Postman

The Collaboration Platform for API Development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#APIs #API Tools #Developer Tools 27 social mentions
LoopBack.io Landing Page
11

LoopBack.io

A highly extensible Node.js and TypeScript framework for building APIs and microservices.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Backend As A Service #Node.js Framework 5 social mentions
SocketCluster Landing Page
12

SocketCluster

An open, scalable realtime engine for Node.js
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 8 social mentions