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Faye vs SocketCluster

A side-by-side look at Faye and SocketCluster. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Faye

Faye

Online Services

Faye is an open-source web messaging and notification system based on the publish-subscribe pattern. It allows real-time communication between a server and clients using bidirectional connections over websockets.

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SocketCluster

SocketCluster

Development

SocketCluster is an open source realtime framework for Node.js that allows for fast and scalable realtime communication between servers and clients. It provides a distributed architecture out of the box to build chat, IoT and other realtime applications.

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