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24 alternatives to WebsocketD

WebSockets are easy now

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WebsocketD launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1AU

    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 →

  2. 2

    WebSocket Client is a Quick and Easy tool

    2019 · its alternatives →

  3. 3DA

    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 →

  4. 4

    An demo app for lattice-core. Contribute to jasonl99/card_game development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Talk to your website visitors & customers in real-time

    2016 · drift.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    A small alternative to Slack

    2017 · totaljs.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7WU
  8. 8
    Flowhub▲85

    Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

    2014 · 12bet.review · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go. Contribute to coder/websocket development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    A community for sharing hacks

    2014 · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    In its infancy, web development used to be simple.

    2014 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12
    Shoutem▲96

    Making apps should be easy.

    2014 · shoutem.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Easy way for other teams to install your incoming webhooks

    2015 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Test, debug and explore Websocket APIs

    2025 · metorial.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Ember.js fast and easy integration with WebSockets services

    2017 · netguru.github.io · its alternatives →

  16. 16
    Earl▲73

    Expand every link in Slack. Even links that require a login.

    2016 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Turns websites into markdown

    2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18
    Slack▲93

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Post links to Slack with a single click

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Daily digest for Slack channels

    2015 · slackdigest.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    A CLI development tool for WebSocket APIs. Contribute to eliihen/wsta development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    Better Server Status Communication

    2013 · atlassian.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Add WebSocket to your app within 5 min, no vendor lock-in

    2022 · myws.dev · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

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