# theturtle32/WebSocket-Node

A WebSocket Implementation for Node.JS (Draft -08 through the final RFC 6455)

Repository: https://github.com/theturtle32/WebSocket-Node
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/websocket-node
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-10-06T22:27:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 45, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5625, "days_push": 331, "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 3782, forks 594 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.468582+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, http-server, http-client
- domain: web-development, backend, networking
- platform: browser
- tags: websocket-server, websocket-client, rfc6455, real-time-communication, npm-package, real-time, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- theturtle32/WebSocket-Node (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.468582+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 2026-08-29T18:27:44.405948+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/theturtle32/WebSocket-Node (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.468582+00:00, sha c0058677b5b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.