# socketstream/socketstream

A framework for Realtime Web Apps

Repository: https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/socketstream
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: realtime, nodejs
Last push: 2022-03-09T20:49:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5710, "days_push": 1638, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3516, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.849243+00:00)

## What it is
SocketStream is a Node.js framework for building realtime web applications with bidirectional communication. It is explicitly no longer maintained and the maintainers recommend using other Node.js frameworks instead.

## Use cases
- build realtime web apps with nodejs
- bidirectional client-server communication framework
- websocket-based web application framework
- legacy socketstream project maintenance
- study a realtime web framework architecture

## When to choose
- maintaining or studying an existing SocketStream codebase
- you specifically need the SocketStream 0.4.5 API for a legacy app

## When to avoid
- starting any new project
- you need maintained dependencies and security updates
- you want modern Node.js realtime features

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, websocket, http-server, routing
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: realtime-web-apps, unmaintained, javascript, full-stack, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- socketstream/socketstream (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.849243+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 2026-08-29T18:35:35.190070+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.849243+00:00, sha b4837eabe615)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/socketstream (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:42.451142+00:00, sha dd6808db9a59)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.