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Top Flutter WebSocket and RPC packages
Last updated: April 2, 2024
WebSocket enables real-time and two-way communication between a client and a server, and is popularly used by applications handling real-time data such as chat applications, online gaming and live data streaming.
Whereas, Remote Procedure Call or RPC is a protocol that allows a program to execute code on another address space, typically on a remote server, as if it were a local function call. It abstracts the complexities of remote communication by enabling developers to invoke functions on a different system without dealing with low-level networking details. RPC is used to build distributed systems, where different components or services communicate seamlessly. There are various implementations of RPC, such as gRPC, which use protocols like HTTP/2 for communication. RPC is widely utilized in micro-services architectures and client-server applications, enhancing modularity and scalability.
WebSocket and RPC can be used for building efficient and interactive applications across different domains. Below you will find the top packages that can help you add WebSocket and RPC support in your Flutter apps easily.
socket_io_client
Dart 3 compatible 👍 1.23K
Maintenance Status: Good
Dartlang port of socket.io-client for web, flutter, dartvm to use
web_socket_channel
Dart 3 compatible 👍 1.19K
Maintenance Status: Good
StreamChannel wrappers for WebSockets. Provides a cross-platform WebSocketChannel API, a cross-platform implementation of that API that communicates over an underlying StreamChannel.
mqtt_client
Dart 3 compatible 👍 416
Maintenance Status: Good
A server and browser based MQTT client for Dart supporting normal, secure sockets and websockets.
grpc
Dart 3 compatible 👍 354
Maintenance Status: Good
Dart implementation of gRPC, a high performance, open-source universal RPC framework.
stomp_dart_client
Dart 3 compatible 👍 108
Maintenance Status: Good
Dart STOMP client for easy messaging interoperability. Build with flutter in mind, but should work for every dart application.
shelf_web_socket
Dart 3 compatible 👍 108
Maintenance Status: Good
A shelf handler that wires up a listener for every connection.
web_socket_client
Dart 3 compatible 👍 96
Maintenance Status: Good
A simple WebSocket client for Dart which includes automatic reconnection logic.
ws
Dart 3 compatible 👍 67
Maintenance Status: Good
WS: A compact, highly efficient WebSocket library. Easily establish, manage, and reconnect WebSocket connections in real-time apps.
phoenix_socket
Dart 3 compatible 👍 49
Maintenance Status: Good
PhoenixSocket provides a feature-complete implementation of Phoenix Sockets, using a single API based on StreamChannels compatible with any deployment of Flutter.
dart_frog_web_socket
Dart 3 compatible 👍 43
Maintenance Status: Good
WebSocket support for Dart Frog
mqtt5_client
Dart 3 compatible 👍 40
Maintenance Status: Good
A server and browser based MQTT5 client for Dart supporting normal, secure sockets and websockets.
dart_nats
Dart 3 compatible 👍 31
Maintenance Status: Good
A Dart client for the NATS messaging system. Design to use with Dart and flutter.
websocket_universal
Dart 3 compatible 👍 28
Maintenance Status: Good
Convenient websocket handler for all platforms (both IO and web/HTML). Websocket messages routing, statuses and other features have easy-to-use interface.
json_rpc_2
Dart 3 compatible 👍 82
Maintenance Status: Average
Utilities to write a client or server using the JSON-RPC 2.0 spec.
tcp_socket_connection
Dart 3 compatible 👍 36
Maintenance Status: Average
A flutter package to connect, listen to and send messages over tcp sockets.
flutter_gundb
Dart 3 compatible 👍 9
Maintenance Status: Average
A gunDB port P2P encrypted Communication between multiple users.
socket_io
Dart 3 compatible 👍 126
Maintenance Status: Poor
Port of JS/Node library Socket.io. It enables real-time, bidirectional and event-based communication cross-platform.
phoenix_wings
Dart 3 compatible 👍 11
Maintenance Status: Poor
Phoenix Channel client for Dart
adhara_socket_io
👍 85
Maintenance Status: Poor
Websocket by socket.io for flutter by adhara, supports both iOS and Android
laravel_echo
👍 68
Maintenance Status: Poor
Port of official Laravel Echo package for your Flutter apps.
websocket_manager
👍 44
Maintenance Status: Poor
A Flutter plugin for Android and iOS supports websocket connection