http
🇺🇸 dart.dev · v1.6.0
A composable, multi-platform, Future-based API for HTTP requests.
Downloads / day
452,685
Stars
1,114
Likes
8,479
Pub points
160
Replies within ~1 week
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Flutter-powered AI app builder http vs web_socket_channel
A head-to-head of two HTTP & Networking packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
http edges web_socket_channel on usage, roughly 13% more daily downloads (452,685 vs 402,178 per day). http has the larger GitHub following (1,114 vs 1,110 stars).
web_socket_channel
🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev · v3.0.3
StreamChannel wrappers for WebSockets. Provides a cross-platform WebSocketChannel API, a cross-platform implementation of that API that communicates over an underlying StreamChannel.
Downloads / day
402,178
Stars
1,110
Likes
1,645
Pub points
150
Replies within ~1 week
http vs web_socket_channel, metric by metric
| Metric | http | web_socket_channel |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 452,685 | 402,178 |
| Rank in HTTP & Networking | #1 | #4 |
| GitHub stars | 1,114 | 1,110 |
| Likes | 8,479 | 1,645 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 150 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 4 days | 4 days |
| Contributors | 98 | 98 |
| Last commit | 5 days ago | 20 days ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause |
| First published | 13 years ago | 10 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.