stevegraham/slanger

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases archived

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1687 stars · 199 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Slanger is an open-source Ruby server implementing the Pusher realtime messaging protocol, allowing Pusher client libraries to connect to a self-hosted server. It scales horizontally across nodes using Redis to share presence channel state, and is explicitly deprecated and unmaintained.

Use cases

• self-host a Pusher-compatible realtime server
• avoid Pusher subscription costs for websocket messaging
• run realtime pub/sub channels on my own infrastructure
• support presence channels for a chat app without Pusher
• scale websocket connections across multiple nodes behind a load balancer
• drop-in replacement server for existing Pusher client libraries

When to choose

• you already use Pusher client libraries and want a self-hosted, protocol-compatible server
• you need horizontally scalable websocket pub/sub with presence channels backed by Redis
• you want to avoid Pusher's hosted service fees

When to avoid

• you need a maintained project with security updates - Slanger is explicitly deprecated and unmaintained
• you are starting a new realtime project with no existing Pusher investment
• you need a modern Ruby version or current dependency compatibility
• you want a server embedded in a Rails or Sinatra app - Slanger is standalone only

Facets

service · maturity abandoned

websocket http-server message-queue middleware web-development backend apis ruby self-hosted pusher-protocol pusher-compatible websocket-server realtime pubsub presence-channels redis unmaintained real-time messaging linux web-server

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