SocketStream

Introduction

SocketStream is a framework for Realtime Web Apps

Latest release: 0.4.5 (view changelog)

Live demo | Documentation

Installation

Please note that the 0.4 release has many modifications. It is expected to be robust and changes are well covered by tests. It should be ready for production.

npm install -g socketstream

Usage

socketstream new <your_app_name>
cd <your_app_name>
npm install
npm start

Then open a web browser at localhost:3000:

open http://localhost:3000

Why SocketStream?

Building a simple chat app that uses websockets is easy, but rich, non-trivial, responsive realtime UI without ending up with a mess of code is hard SocketStream eases the pain by:

• Integrating best-of-breed modules to increase productivity
• Providing a sensible place to put everything
• Accelerating development with Live Reload and (optional) support for Stylus, Jade, and other transpilers.
• Accelerating deployment with integrated asset packing and CDN support
• Organizing spaghetti client-side code into modules you can require() with Browserify
• Working well with all major client-side frameworks (e.g. Backbone, Ember, Angular)

Applications using SocketStream

• Dashku: Realtime dashboards and widgets using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Also hosted at dashku.com.
• SketchDeck: An app for designing great slide decks from sketches, also a Y Combinator tech startup.
• Hollow: An interactive, emmy-nominated documentary.
• Bitjoy: Realtime Bitcoin prices and news.
• Teeleader: A booking engine for Golf courses.

Presentations

• SocketStream (November 2013): On Slideshare and SpeakerDeck.

Videos

(most recent at end)

• KrtConf.com, Portland, November 2011
• LNUG.org, London, May 2012
• LXJS, Lisbon, September 2012
• RealtimeConf, Portland, October 2012
• QCon, San Francisco, November 2012
• RealtimeConf EU, Lyon, April 2013

Documentation

Checkout the documentation here.

Next Major Release 0.5

Notes

This upcoming is expected in late 2015. The current state can be found on the next branch.

Team

Creator: Owen Barnes

Core Contributors:

• Paul Jensen
• Roman Minkin
• Robert Hall
• Joshua Cullick
• Henrik Vendelbo

Contact

• Twitter: @socketstream
• Chat: Gitter
• Forum: Google Group

License

SocketStream is released under the MIT license.