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Pusher

Open Source Alternatives to Pusher

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What is Pusher?

Pusher is a platform that provides real-time APIs and tools for building interactive features like live chat, notifications, and data synchronization.. There are currently 5 open-source alternatives to Pusher, with a combined total of 13.6k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Go.

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Centrifugo
Centrifugocentrifugal/centrifugo

A scalable, language-agnostic real-time messaging server for building chat apps, live features, and collaborative tools.

10.5k723Go
1 day ago
Slanger
Slangerstevegraham/slanger

An open-source, self-hosted server implementation of the Pusher protocol for real-time WebSocket communication.

1.7k199Ruby
4 years ago
poxa
poxaedgurgel/poxa

An open-source Pusher server implementation compatible with Pusher client libraries for real-time communication.

1.1k99Elixir
2 years ago
Butterfly Server .NET
Butterfly Server .NETfiresharkstudios/butterfly-server-dotnet

A C# backend framework for building real-time single-page applications with RESTlike APIs, subscriptions, and reactive database support.

27329C#
3 years ago
Crustum/Broadcasting plugin
Crustum/Broadcasting plugincrustum/broadcasting

A CakePHP plugin for real-time event broadcasting via WebSocket with Pusher protocol compatibility.

10PHP
20 hours ago
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