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ws

ws

Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js

62.4M
19.3K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
sockjs

sockjs

WebSocket emulation - Node.js server

11.4M
2K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
rw

reconnecting-websocket

Reconnecting WebSocket. For Web, React Native, cli (Node.js)

155K
1K
Built-in
MIT
obs-websocket-js

obs-websocket-js

Consumes https://github.com/obsproject/obs-websocket

4.7K
510
Built-in
MIT
laravel-echo

laravel-echo

Laravel Echo library for beautiful Pusher and Ably integration.

111K
984
Built-in
MIT
colyseus

colyseus

⚔ Multiplayer Framework for Node.js

2.6K
4.6K
Built-in
MIT
wlp

websocket-lowfat-promise

ws-websocket library low-fat-promisified

13
1
No support
(ISC OR GPL-3.0)
faye-websocket

faye-websocket

Standards-compliant WebSocket client and server

16.1M
567
No support
Apache-2.0
iw

isomorphic-ws

Isomorphic implementation of WebSocket (https://www.npmjs.com/package/ws)

3.9M
276
Built-in
MIT
kw

koa-websocket

Light wrapper around Koa providing a websocket middleware handler that is koa-route compatible.

4.5K
247
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
web

websocket

A WebSocket Implementation for Node.JS (Draft -08 through the final RFC 6455)

868K
3.6K
DefinitelyTyped
Apache-2.0
ew

express-ws

WebSocket endpoints for express applications

163K
754
DefinitelyTyped
BSD-2-Clause
whj

websocket-heartbeat-js

♥️ simple and useful

1.5K
621
Built-in
MIT
nw

nativescript-websockets

Websockets for NativeScript

57K
83
No support
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wscat

wscat

WebSocket cat

13.9K
1.4K
No support
MIT
soc

sockette

The cutest little WebSocket wrapper! 🧦

12.1K
2.3K
Built-in
MIT
nw

nodejs-websocket

A node.js module for websocket server and client

9.5K
719
No support
MIT
@xmpp/websocket

@xmpp/websocket

XMPP for JavaScript

2.9K
2.1K
No support
ISC
jssip

jssip

JsSIP, the JavaScript SIP library

8.1K
2.1K
Built-in
MIT
@gamestdio/websocket

@gamestdio/websocket

WebSocket client with reconnect back-off feature. Works in the browser, Node.js and React Native.

6.1K
61
Built-in
rnw

react-native-websocket

🔃 WebSocket API wrapped as a component for React Native

732
75
No support
MIT
tin

tinyws

Tiny WebSocket middleware for Node.js based on ws.

524
Built-in
MIT
rns

react-native-signalr

Use SignalR with React Native

336
150
No support
MIT
ewr

express-ws-routes

Handle WebSocket connections using ws via express routes.

174
21
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
nsi

nativescript-socket.io

Fully-featured Socket.IO client implementation for NativeScript

28
49
Built-in
Unlicense
rb

rpc-buddy

RPC Buddy allows developers to automatically expose back-end Javascript methods for use by browser frontend code.

8
0
No support
MIT
hex

hexnut

A middleware based framework for web sockets

8
No support
ISC
eu

express-uws

WebSocket endpoints for express applications

6
6
No support
BSD-2-Clause
we

websocket-express

express and ws combined

4
0
Built-in
MIT
wba

ws-basic-auth-express

Adds basic auth to socket connections in express

3
1
No support
MIT
ew

express-websocket

Use Express middleware before initiating Websocket connection.

2
8
No support
MIT
simple-docker-webhook

simple-docker-webhook

A simple webhook for docker

2
0
Built-in
ISC
tw

taronpa-websockets

Websockets for NativeScript

2
83
No support
{"type":"MIXED","url":"https://github.com/nathanaela/nativescript-sqlite/blob/master/LICENSE"}
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