1.centrifugal / centrifugo
Scalable real-time messaging server in a language-agnostic way. Self-hosted alternative to Pubnub, Pusher, Ably, socket.io, Phoenix.PubSub, SignalR. Set up once and forever.
+385 stars
from 10,561 · score 5.96
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2.socketio / socket.io
Bidirectional and low-latency communication for every platform
+189 stars
from 63,046 · score 5.25
3.cesanta / mongoose
Embedded web server, with TCP/IP network stack, MQTT and Websocket
+170 stars
from 12,956 · score 5.14
4.gorilla / websocket
Package gorilla/websocket is a fast, well-tested and widely used WebSocket implementation for Go.
- go
- websocket
- golang
- gorilla
- gorilla-web-toolkit
- websockets
+123 stars
from 24,761 · score 4.82
5.uNetworking / uWebSockets
Simple, secure & standards compliant web server for the most demanding of applications
- websockets
- http
- pubsub
- router
- commercial
- cross-platform
- +1 more
+107 stars
from 18,915 · score 4.68
6.websockets / ws
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js
- websocket
- javascript
- websocket-client
- websocket-server
- rfc-6455
- real-time
- +3 more
+74 stars
from 22,749 · score 4.32
7.ithewei / libhv
Translated🔥 A network library that is easier to use than libevent/libuv/asio. A c/c++ network library for developing TCP/UDP/SSL/HTTP/WebSocket/MQTT/Redis client/server.
- https
- http-client
- http-server
- websocket
- websocket-client
- websocket-server
- +10 more
+64 stars
from 7,508 · score 4.17
8.python-websockets / websockets
Library for building WebSocket servers and clients in Python
- python
- python3
- websocket
- websockets
- websocket-client
- websocket-server
- +1 more
+52 stars
from 5,690 · score 3.97
9.warmcat / libwebsockets
canonical libwebsockets.org networking library
- websockets
- c-library
- portable-library
- client-server
- lightweight
- libwebsockets
- +9 more
+52 stars
from 5,298 · score 3.97
10.boostorg / beast
HTTP and WebSocket built on Boost.Asio in C++11
+35 stars
from 4,795 · score 3.58
+28 stars
from 7,688 · score 3.37
12.walkor / workerman
An asynchronous event driven PHP socket framework. Supports HTTP, Websocket, SSL and other custom protocols.
- websocket
- timer
- socket
- event-driven
- asynchronous
- ws
- +5 more
+27 stars
from 11,521 · score 3.33
+23 stars
from 9,379 · score 3.18
14.joewalnes / websocketd
Turn any program that uses STDIN/STDOUT into a WebSocket server. Like inetd, but for WebSockets.
- websocket-server
- websockets
- proxy
+19 stars
from 17,435 · score 3.00
15.AsyncHttpClient / async-http-client
Asynchronous, non-blocking HTTP & WebSocket client for the JVM
- netty
- async
- java
- asynchttpclient
- ahc
- http-client
+18 stars
from 6,380 · score 2.94
16.sta / websocket-sharp
A C# implementation of the WebSocket protocol client and server
+18 stars
from 6,062 · score 2.94
17.kerryjiang / SuperSocket
SuperSocket is a high-performance, extensible socket server application framework for .NET. It provides a robust architecture for building custom network communication applications with support for multiple protocols including TCP, UDP, and WebSocket.
+18 stars
from 4,222 · score 2.94
18.daltoniam / Starscream
Websockets in swift for iOS and OSX
- starscream
- swift
- websocket-client
- osx
- websocket
- websockets
- +1 more
+13 stars
from 8,625 · score 2.64
19.olahol / melody
:notes: Minimalist websocket framework for Go
- websocket
- framework
- websocket-framework
- minimalist
- example
- go
- +1 more
+11 stars
from 4,070 · score 2.48
20.facebookincubator / SocketRocket
A conforming Objective-C WebSocket client library.
+10 stars
from 9,585 · score 2.40
+9 stars
from 6,424 · score 2.30
22.SocketCluster / socketcluster
Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework
- realtime
- nodejs
- websocket
- pubsub
- scalable
- kubernetes
- +5 more
+8 stars
from 6,192 · score 2.20
23.miguelgrinberg / Flask-SocketIO
Socket.IO integration for Flask applications.
+6 stars
from 5,498 · score 1.95
24.TooTallNate / Java-WebSocket
A barebones WebSocket client and server implementation written in 100% Java.
+5 stars
from 10,794 · score 1.79
25.primus / primus
:zap: Primus, the creator god of the transformers & an abstraction layer for real-time to prevent module lock-in.
- javascript
- real-time
- websocket
- framework
- sockjs
- browserchannel
- +4 more
+4 stars
from 4,461 · score 1.61