Alternatives and Comparison
ScaleSocket vs. Websocketd
ScaleSocket is inteded to be a drop-in replacement for websocketd. It supports many of the same features, but allows websocket connections to share a single backend process.
ScaleSocket fully embraces the concept of rooms, and allows routing messages to specific clients.
Additionally ScaleSocket exposes APIs for fetching room metadata, and metrics, which are useful for building lobbies and monitoring.
Other Alternatives
A comparison of tools offering similar functionality. The table highlights which tools support bidirectional communication with a shared backend instance.
Also some servers, such as NGINX and Caddy support spawning processes and CGI with plugins.
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