Firehose
A Rack application and JavaScript library for building real-time web applications with HTTP pub-sub in Ruby.
What is Firehose?
Firehose is a real-time web application framework that provides an HTTP-based pub-sub system for Ruby and JavaScript. It allows servers to push updates to clients via simple RESTful endpoints, solving the need for low-latency server-to-client communication without requiring complex WebSocket setups.
Ruby developers building real-time features like live notifications, chat, or collaborative editing into web applications, especially those preferring HTTP simplicity over WebSocket abstractions.
Developers choose Firehose for its clean, RESTful design, ease of integration with existing Ruby stacks, and reliability across browsers—including older ones—via HTTP long-polling fallbacks.
Overview
Build realtime Ruby web applications. Created by the fine folks at Poll Everywhere.
Use Cases
Best For
- Adding real-time notifications to a Ruby on Rails application
- Building live dashboards with auto-updating data visualizations
Related Projects
Found a gem we're missing?
Open-Awesome is built by the community, for the community. Submit a project, suggest an awesome list, or help improve the catalog on GitHub.
