Realtime

Socket.IO

A widely deployed open-source realtime engine for Node.js (with clients across JavaScript, Java, Swift, Kotlin, .NET, Python) that layers reconnection, rooms, namespaces, and binary support on top of WebSocket (with HTTP long-polling fallback). Powers chat, dashboards, and collaboration in thousands of production apps.

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Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://socket.io/docs/v4/

Other Resources

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Portal
https://socket.io/
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GitHubOrganization
https://github.com/socketio

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: realtime:socket-io
name: Socket.IO
description: A widely deployed open-source realtime engine for Node.js (with clients across JavaScript,
  Java, Swift, Kotlin, .NET, Python) that layers reconnection, rooms, namespaces, and binary support on
  top of WebSocket (with HTTP long-polling fallback). Powers chat, dashboards, and collaboration in thousands
  of production apps.
humanURL: https://socket.io/
tags:
- WebSocket
- Open-Source
- Framework
- Node.js
tags_raw:
- WebSocket
- Open Source
- Framework
- Node.js
properties:
- type: Portal
  url: https://socket.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://socket.io/docs/v4/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/socketio