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socket.io

Latest Version: 4.2.5

socket.io: high-traffic Node.js real-time framework (11.3M weekly npm downloads), auto-discovered and mapped to socketio/socket.io.

Owner: socketio

OSSauto-discoverednpmrealtime

Stars

62.9k

GitHub star count

Last Release

3 months ago

4.2.5

Contributors

100

N/A

Health Score

N/A

N/A

Key Features

  • javascript

  • nodejs

  • socket io

  • websocket

Tech Stack

TypeScript
auto-discovered
npm
realtime
framework
websocket
tcp
events
socket
io

About

socket.io: high-traffic Node.js real-time framework (11.3M weekly npm downloads), auto-discovered and mapped to socketio/socket.io.

socket.io is a open-source project built primarily with TypeScript and maintained by socketio. The project is distributed under the MIT license.

Current DevRadar signals show community adoption at 62.9K stars, 10.1K forks, 100 contributors. Freshness signals include latest version 4.2.5, last release 2025-12-23, last commit 2026-01-23. OpenSSF Scorecard is approximately 64 / 100. Current discovery action is "track", with ongoing monitoring of maintenance and ecosystem momentum.

Analyst Note

socket.io: high-traffic Node.js real-time framework (11.3M weekly npm downloads), auto-discovered and mapped to socketio/socket.io.

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from socketio
  • javascript

Not Ideal For

  • Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from socketio

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: TypeScript
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: MIT
  • Last Release: 12/23/2025
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
  • Metrics Updated: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
  • Completeness: 100%
  • Last Verified: Mar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
Metrics UpdatedMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM
Completeness100%
Last VerifiedMar 1, 2026, 03:02 PM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Broad maintainer participation.

Cons

  • -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars62.9k
Forks10.1k
Open Issues212
Contributors100

Health

0/4
Health ScorePending
Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending

Core

3/5
Latest Version4.2.5
Last Release12/23/2025
Last Commit1/23/2026
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending