Socket

✨Key Features

• ▸Real-Time Bidirectional Communication: Supports event-based messaging for instant data exchange, ideal for live updates like chats or notifications.
• ▸Automatic Fallbacks: Defaults to WebSocket for efficiency but switches to HTTP long-polling if needed, ensuring compatibility across old browsers and networks.
• ▸Reliable Reconnection: Automatically detects disconnections and attempts to reconnect, with configurable timeouts and backoff strategies to maintain session integrity.
• ▸Scalability Features: Includes adapters for Redis, Kafka, or in-memory storage to handle multiple servers and broadcast events to thousands of clients.
• ▸Cross-Platform Support: Works on Node.js servers and client-side JavaScript (browsers, mobile via adapters); recent addition of Bun engine support for faster performance.
• ▸Ease of Use: Simple API for emitting and listening to events; quick setup with npm install and example code runnable on platforms like Replit or CodeSandbox.
• ▸Community and Maintenance: Open-source with active updates (e.g., monorepo migration in 2024, new adapters); extensive documentation and blog for tutorials; sponsored via Open Collective.
• ▸Use Cases: Powers chat apps, collaborative tools, live dashboards, gaming, and IoT applications requiring low-latency interactions.