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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 42% more daily downloads (345,890 vs 244,276 per day). http has the larger GitHub following (1,105 vs 1,102 stars).

http

🇺🇸 dart.dev · v1.6.0

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

Downloads / day
345,890
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
244,276
Stars
1,102
Likes
62
Pub points
160

Replies within ~2 days

http vs web_socket, metric by metric

Metric http web_socket
Downloads / day 345,890 244,276
Rank in HTTP & Networking #1 #8
GitHub stars 1,105 1,102
Likes 8,464 62
Pub points 160 / 160 160 / 160
Issue response (median) 2 days 2 days
Contributors 99 99
Last commit yesterday 23 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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