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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 17% more daily downloads (368,941 vs 316,681 per day). web_socket_channel 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_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
316,681
Stars
1,107
Likes
1,638
Pub points
150

Replies within ~2 days

http vs web_socket_channel, metric by metric

Metric http web_socket_channel
Downloads / day 368,941 316,681
Rank in HTTP & Networking #1 #3
GitHub stars 1,105 1,107
Likes 8,464 1,638
Pub points 160 / 160 150 / 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 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.

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