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24 alternatives to Socks, a super-light WebSocket wrapper

A warm, fuzzy, thin wrapper around WebSockets. Contribute to chall8908/socks development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Socks, a super-light WebSocket wrapper launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Kafka Socks▲81
An easy-to-use, lightweight KafkaJS to Socket.io library
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Unixy approach to WebSockets▲421
websocketd is a single binary that wraps a command-line program and serves it over a WebSocket. Your program reads lines from stdin and writes lines to stdout.
2015 · websocketd.com · its alternatives →
3
knitout▲258
Create & sell custom socks ("Teespring for socks")
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Unisocks▲95
Dynamically priced limited edition socks, built on Ethereum.
2019 · socks.uniswap.org · its alternatives →
5
Socketify.py: Http/Https and WebSockets servers for PyPy3 and Python3▲194
Bringing Http/Https and WebSockets High Performance servers for PyPy3 and Python3 - cirospaciari/socketify.py
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Stitches▲135
The modern CSS-in-JS library with near-zero runtime.
2020 · stitches.dev · its alternatives →
7
Slack Socks▲310
The infamous Slack socks, now available
2016 · slack-shop.myshopify.com · its alternatives →
8
FUTT socks▲162
Delivering unique socks straight to your door every month
2018 · futt.co.uk · its alternatives →
9
Shoelace 2.0▲191
A forward-thinking library of web components.
2020 · shoelace.style · its alternatives →
10
A minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go▲99
Minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go. Contribute to coder/websocket development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Socket.js, a tiny WebSockets library for Node.js▲11
A realtime communication framework for Node.js. Contribute to stepchowfun/socket.js development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
boldSOCKS▲94
Expressing creativity and inspiration with socks
2015 · boldsocks.com · its alternatives →
13SI
Shoelace.io – Visual Bootstrap Grid Builder and Teacher Beta▲158
2014 · shoelace.io · its alternatives →
14
SilverSocks▲126
Anti-bacterial socks made with real silver
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
15
Bitcoin Socks▲84
Amazing, organic cotton Bitcoin socks
2016 · its alternatives →
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Holiday Socks▲25
Like a Christmas sweater for your feet
2016 · sockclub.com · its alternatives →
17
Warblr 2.0▲74
Curated premium socks collection to delight your everyday
2019 · its alternatives →
18
Socks Protocol Version 5 Library in Go▲54
SOCKS Protocol Version 5 Library in Go. Full TCP/UDP and IPv4/IPv6 support - txthinking/socks5
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Pushpin – A new way to build realtime HTTP and WebSocket services▲114
Reverse proxy for realtime APIs.
2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →
20
SilverSocks 2.0▲145
The world's cleanest no-show socks that eliminate odor 🧦
2018 · beclothed.com · its alternatives →
21
WebsocketD▲82
WebSockets are easy now
2015 · websocketd.com · its alternatives →
22
Module Dress Socks▲64
Athletic-grade, premium dress socks with a modern design
2019 · its alternatives →
23
Gekks▲64
Socks for going sockless
2015 · mygekks.com · its alternatives →
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Sockly – Easiest Way to Work with API on WebSockets or WebRTC▲9
Contribute to pshihn/sockly development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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