# btford/angular-socket-io

Socket.IO component for AngularJS

Repository: https://github.com/btford/angular-socket-io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/angular-socket-io
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-04-04T13:08:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4937, "days_push": 3073, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1501, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.269347+00:00)

## What it is
A Bower-distributed AngularJS component that wraps Socket.IO clients in a socketFactory service integrated with Angular's digest cycle. It exposes the standard Socket.IO API plus a socket.forward helper that bridges socket events into AngularJS's scope event system.

## Use cases
- use socket.io in an angularjs app
- integrate websocket events with angular digest cycle
- forward socket events to angular scope with $on
- inject a socket service into angular controllers
- manage socket listeners with angular scope lifecycle

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy AngularJS 1.x app using Socket.IO
- you need socket events to trigger Angular digest cycles correctly

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project with modern Angular, React, or Vue
- you use native WebSocket or another realtime library
- you need a maintained library with an active license and releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: angularjs, socket-io, bower, digest-cycle, real-time, nodejs

## Member repositories
- btford/angular-socket-io (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.269347+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:55.703155+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/btford/angular-socket-io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.269347+00:00, sha df34a1a001ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.