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mqtt vs websocket: What are the differences?

Developers describe mqtt as "A library for the MQTT protocol". A library for the MQTT protocol. On the other hand, websocket is detailed as "Websocket Client & Server Library implementing the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455". Websocket Client & Server Library implementing the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455.

mqtt and websocket belong to "npm Packages" category of the tech stack.

mqtt and websocket are both open source tools. mqtt with 6.61K GitHub stars and 1.19K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than websocket with 3.4K GitHub stars and 574 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, websocket has a broader approval, being mentioned in 12 company stacks & 35 developers stacks; compared to mqtt, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.

mqtt Stats
  • Dependent Packages Counts - 1.3K
websocket Stats
  • Dependent Packages Counts - 1.2K
mqtt Vulnerabilities
  • Denial of Service in mqtt
    High
  • Denial of Service in mqtt
    Moderate
websocket Vulnerabilities
No Vulnerabilities found
mqtt Release info
Latest version
5.5.2
MIT
websocket Release info
Latest version
1.0.34
Apache-2.0

What is mqtt?

A library for the MQTT protocol.

What is websocket?

Websocket Client & Server Library implementing the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455.

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