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@chainsafe/websocket
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@chainsafe/websocket
Websocket Client & Server Library implementing the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455.
WebSocket Client & Server Implementation for Node
This is a fork of websocket@1.0.31. Please refer
to it's repository for its documentation.
Fork explanation
The reason for this fork is that websocket recompiles a a few C
modules every time it's installed. This fork uses a NAN-based of
those modules instead, which doesn't require recompiling.
This fork won't be relevant once this websocket PR gets merged.
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Websocket Client & Server Library implementing the WebSocket protocol as specified in RFC 6455.
The npm package @chainsafe/websocket receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, @chainsafe/websocket popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @chainsafe/websocket demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 18 Aug 2020
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