websockets/ws
★ 22,805 stars
Covered in week 2026-W31 · the 2026-07 report
Simple to use, blazing fast and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server for Node.js
What ws is
ws is a simple to use, blazing fast, and thoroughly tested WebSocket client and server implementation.
From the repository README · read it on GitHub →
Transcript
Building real-time features usually means polling servers every second or wrestling with flaky socket implementations that drop connections. ws is a blazing fast WebSocket client and server for Node.js that handles bidirectional real-time communication without the headache. It's RFC 6455 compliant and thoroughly tested. With 22,787 GitHub stars, it's the battle-tested standard developers trust. Would you replace your current setup with this? Comment.