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Faye vs SockJS

A side-by-side look at Faye and SockJS. 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.

realtimewebsocketspublishsubscribenotifications
SockJS

SockJS

Development

SockJS is a JavaScript library that provides a WebSocket-like object in the browser. It automatically falls back to other transports like HTTP long-polling if WebSockets are not available.

websocketrealtimecommunication

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