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Dev tools · October 20, 2014

Socks, a super-light WebSocket wrapper

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

Socks, a super-light WebSocket wrapper launched on October 20, 2014 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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