What is uWebSockets?
It is a simple to use yet thoroughly optimized implementation of HTTP and WebSockets. It comes with built-in pub/sub support, HTTP routing, TLS 1.3, IPv6, permessage-deflate and is battle tested as one of the most popular implementations, reaching many end-users daily.
uWebSockets is a tool in the Realtime Backend / API category of a tech stack.
uWebSockets is an open source tool with 17.3K GitHub stars and 1.8K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to uWebSockets's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses uWebSockets?
Companies
Developers
14 developers on StackShare have stated that they use uWebSockets.
uWebSockets Integrations
C++, Linux, Windows, macOS, and HarperDB are some of the popular tools that integrate with uWebSockets. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with uWebSockets.
Blog Posts
uWebSockets's Features
- HTTP and Websockets
- Built-in pub/sub support
- HTTP routing
uWebSockets Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to uWebSockets?
Socket.IO
It enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed.
ws
It is a simple to use, blazing fast, and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server implementation.
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
Amazon EC2
It is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.