Socket.IO 2.0
Featuring the fastest & most reliable real-time engine
Socket.IO enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication. It works on every platform, browser or device, focusing equally on reliability and speed. - Real-time analytics - Instant messaging and chat - Binary streaming - Document collaboration
Reviews for Socket.IO 2.0
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Best realtime communication library.
Socket.IO provides reliable real-time communication with automatic reconnection, multiplexing, and fallback support—making it easy to build robust, real-time features.
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Planning poker is inherently real-time - everyone needs to see votes revealed simultaneously. Socket.io made this trivial. What makes it great:
- Instant sync - all players see updates in real-time, no polling needed
- Auto-reconnection - handles spotty wifi without losing session state
- Room support - built-in concept of "rooms" maps perfectly to poker sessions
I could have used plain WebSockets, but Socket.io saved weeks of building reconnection logic and edge case handling. For a real-time app like this, it's the obvious choice.
Great for real time interaction, all participants are instantly notified of changes.
Real-time communication is the heart of StrangerMeet. Socket.IO made it super easy to implement live video, messaging, and "spy mode" with reliable performance.
Socket.IO is indispensable for real-time group chats and instant notifications. It makes the user experience flawless with its fast connection setup, low latency and fallback support.
Socket.IO provides a battle-tested layer over WebSockets for reliable, bi-directional messaging and automatic reconnection. Its event-driven model makes building match-making and chat flows trivial, even across flaky mobile networks. Real-time signals fire instantly, keeping UI state in lock-step.
Socket.IO in TogetherWatch enables real-time synchronization, allowing users to seamlessly watch videos together with instant playback, pause, and chat updates.
Socket.IO provides more reliable, low-latency real-time communication compared to traditional WebSocket implementations. Its ability to fallback to long-polling when WebSockets aren't available ensures consistent performance across different network environments, making real-time collaboration features more robust.
Great solution that just works as expected. Love how simple it is to use and how clean and short your code can be when using Socket.io. Real Time communication at its best!