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gevent vs SocketCluster

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

gevent

gevent

Development

gevent is a Python networking library built on top of libev event loop. It provides a high-level synchronous API on top of libev's asynchronous event loop, making it easier to write non-blocking network applications in Python.

networkingasyncevent-loopnonblocking
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.

realtimecommunicationframeworknodejsscalabledistributed