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SockJS

SockJS is a browser JavaScript library that provides a WebSocket-like object.

Top 7 Open-Source Alternatives to SockJS

Socket.io Primus SocketCluster Autobahn Pusher Bootstrap NATS

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to SockJS are Socket.io, Primus, and SocketCluster. 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.
  1. Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 717 social mentions

  2. 2
    Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #App Development #IDE

  3. An open, scalable realtime engine for Node.js
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 8 social mentions

  4. The Autobahn project provides open-source implementations of the The WebSocket Protocol and The Web...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #App Development #Mobile Push Messaging 1 social mentions

  5. 5
    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

  6. Simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and JS for popular UI components and interactions
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #CSS Framework #Development Tools #Design Tools 326 social mentions

  7. 7
    NATS.io is an open source messaging system for cloud native applications, IoT messaging, Edge, and microservices architectures.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Queueing, Messaging And Background Processing #App Development 63 social mentions

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