I want to do some real-time operations in my backend. In the past, I used the pusher for real-time operations. But its cost is huge. So, I am thinking about using the socket IO itself. Before using it, I thought about asking for it in the stackoverflow community. So, what do you guys suggest? Is it suitable for use on a production server?
CodePudding user response：
Socket.io on Github has:
- 56.2k stars
- 1.6k watching
- 10k forks
On npm, it shows more than 4.5 million weekly downloads.
So yeah, I would say a pretty solid choice for production, provided, as with any software, you use it wisely.
CodePudding user response：
Socket.io is already used in production by many big companies for products including Trello, Microsoft Office, Yammer, and Zendesk.
As @Tintin said, it's also very popular on GitHub and NPM.