pladaria/reconnecting-websocket

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1313 stars · 206 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A drop-in WebSocket client library that automatically reconnects when the connection closes, with a fully WebSocket-API-compatible interface. It supports Web, Service Workers, Node.js, and React Native, with configurable retry delays, connection timeouts, URL rotation, and message buffering.

Use cases

• keep a websocket connection alive with automatic reconnection
• buffer messages sent while the socket is disconnected and flush them on reconnect
• rotate or change the websocket server url between reconnection attempts
• use websockets in react native or node.js with the same browser api
• handle connection timeouts and retry limits for flaky networks

When to choose

• you need a drop-in replacement for the native WebSocket API with reconnection built in
• you target multiple platforms (browser, Node.js, React Native) with one dependency-free library
• you need configurable backoff, retry limits, or dynamic URL providers

When to avoid

• you need a full realtime framework with pub/sub, presence, or fallback transports (e.g. Socket.IO)
• your environment already provides reconnection at the protocol or proxy level
• the project appears to be in maintenance mode with infrequent releases

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

websocket http-client middleware web-development networking developer-tools browser cross-platform reconnecting-websocket websocket-client auto-reconnect react-native typescript dependency-free real-time nodejs

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