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http vs web_socket

A head-to-head of two HTTP & Networking packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.

http edges web_socket on usage, roughly 37% more daily downloads (368,941 vs 269,508 per day). web_socket has the larger GitHub following (1,107 vs 1,105 stars).

http

🇺🇸 dart.dev · v1.6.0

A composable, multi-platform, Future-based API for HTTP requests.

Downloads / day
368,941
Stars
1,105
Likes
8,464
Pub points
160

Replies within ~2 days

web_socket

🇺🇸 dart.dev · v1.0.1

Any easy-to-use library for communicating with WebSockets that has multiple implementations.

Downloads / day
269,508
Stars
1,107
Likes
62
Pub points
160

Replies within ~2 days

http vs web_socket, metric by metric

Metric http web_socket
Downloads / day 368,941 269,508
Rank in HTTP & Networking #1 #8
GitHub stars 1,105 1,107
Likes 8,464 62
Pub points 160 / 160 160 / 160
Issue response (median) 2 days 2 days
Contributors 99 99
Last commit 17 days ago 15 days ago
CI Yes Yes
License BSD-3-Clause BSD-3-Clause
First published 13 years ago 2 years ago
Platforms android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web

Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.

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