Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SocketsBay
Build a secure WebSockets server in minutes
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SocketsBay launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey HN! I’ve written a bunch of WebSocket servers over the years to do simple things like state synchronization, WebRTC signaling, and notifying a client when a backend job was run. I realized that if I had a simple way to create a private, temporary, mini-redis that the client could talk to directly, it would save a lot of time. So we created DriftDB. In addition to the open source server that you can run yourself, we also provide https://jamsocket.live where you can use an instance we host on Cloudflare’s edge (~13ms round trip latency from my home in NY). You may have seen my…
2023 · driftdb.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · websocketd.com · its alternatives →
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Excited to share the project I've been working on for the past 7 months! We've seen nearly weekly attacks against the open source software supply chain. I saw the seeds of this trend start in the mid 2015s as an open source maintainer and I've watched it only get worse over the years. I finally decided to try to solve this problem. Socket is taking an entirely new approach to one of the hardest problems in security in a stagnant part of the industry that has historically been obsessed with just reporting on known vulnerabilities. Unlike other scanning tools, Socket actually analyzes the…
2022 · socket.dev · its alternatives →
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2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone. It's Sherub here, author of the Build your own DNS Server challenge on CodeCrafters. Currently it’s available in Rust, Go, and Python and is free while in beta. https://codecrafters.io/dns-server I've kept the challenge accessible but still challenging for an intermediate developer. This challenge, like others from CodeCrafters, is self-paced. You can use any tools you prefer (terminal, editor, etc.) to build the project. At the end of the challenge, you will have created a DNS forwarding server. The server can create and read DNS packets and respond to DNS…
2023 · app.codecrafters.io · its alternatives →
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Secure your JavaScript supply chain – block malware packages
2022 · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A pain-free service to add SSL to your site, for non-geeks
2018 · its alternatives →
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2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →
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From the cryptic terminal commands to the innumerable ways to shoot yourself in the foot, I always struggled to use TLS certificates. I love how much easier (and cheaper) Let's Encrypt made it to get certificates, but there are still plenty of things to struggle with. That's why we built Relay: a free, browser-based tool that streamlines the ACME workflow, especially for tricky setups like homelabs. Relay acts as a secure intermediary between your ACME client and public certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt. Some ways Relay provides a better experience: - really fast, streamlined…
2025 · anchor.dev · its alternatives →
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Build a stunning website in minutes—no code required
2025 · its alternatives →
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High performance secure & portable Rust functions in Node.js
2020 · its alternatives →
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