theturtle32/WebSocket-Node

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

3782 stars · 594 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A mostly pure JavaScript WebSocket client and server implementation for Node.js supporting protocol versions 8 and 13 (Draft-08 through RFC 6455). It includes a W3C-compatible WebSocket interface, a router, and passes the Autobahn test suite.

Use cases

• add real-time websocket communication to a node.js server
• implement a websocket client in node
• build a chat or live-update backend over websockets
• need an rfc 6455 compliant websocket library
• use w3c-style websocket api in node.js

When to choose

• you need a spec-compliant, battle-tested WebSocket implementation for Node.js
• you want both client and server support in one package
• you need a W3C-compatible WebSocket interface outside the browser

When to avoid

• you want the most actively developed or fastest modern option (e.g. ws)
• you need WebSocket support outside Node.js or the browser shim
• you need advanced features like built-in pub/sub or clustering

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

websocket http-server http-client web-development backend networking browser websocket-server websocket-client rfc6455 real-time-communication npm-package real-time nodejs javascript

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="theturtle32/WebSocket-Node")