websocket-rails/websocket-rails

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

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1715 stars · 280 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Ruby gem that adds plug-and-play WebSocket support to Ruby on Rails applications, with an event router that maps client events to controller actions. It also supports streaming HTTP and Flash socket fallbacks for older browsers, plus channel-based pub/sub messaging.

Use cases

• add real-time websocket events to a rails app
• push live notifications to browsers from rails
• build chat channels in a ruby on rails application
• route client-side websocket events to rails controllers
• support realtime updates in older browsers via http streaming fallback
• broadcast messages to subscribed clients over websockets

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy Rails app already using websocket-rails
• you want websocket event routing integrated directly into Rails controllers
• you need fallback transports like HTTP streaming or Flash sockets for old browsers

When to avoid

• you are starting a new Rails project - Action Cable is the modern built-in alternative
• you need actively developed features or modern Ruby/Rails version support
• you want a framework-agnostic websocket server outside Rails

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

websocket web-framework middleware routing web-development backend ruby rails websocket-server event-driven channels javascript-client flash-sockets http-streaming real-time messaging web-server

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