Open Source Pusher Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Pusher is Supabase. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Pusher and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Pusher are PocketBase, TrailBase, Socket.io and Sockudo.

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  1. TrailBase icon
     11 likes

    TrailBase offers a blazingly fast, open-source application server featuring type-safe APIs and real-time data. Built on Rust, with JS/ES6/TS runtime, it provides built-in authentication, admin UI, and low-latency responses. Supports mobile, web, and desktop, eliminating the need for dedicated caches.

    21 TrailBase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  2. Socket.io icon
     16 likes

    Socket.IO aims to make real-time apps possible in every browser and mobile device, blurring the differences between the different transport mechanisms.

    29 Socket.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • JavaScript
    • C++
    • Java
    • Node.JS
     
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    Socket.io vs Pusher Comments
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    Negative
    -15

    socket.io is a javascript framework, not java

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Socket.io is Free and Open SourcePusher is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Sockudo icon
     1 like

    Blazingly fast pusher drop-in replacement written in rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Etebase icon
     11 likes

    Etebase makes it easy to build end-to-end encrypted applications by taking care of the encryption and its related challenges.

    90 Etebase alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. GUN icon
     28 likes

    GUN is an open source, realtime, graph database written entirely in JavaScript and built using peer-to-peer algorithms, making it surprisingly fault tolerant and easy to get started with.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. NGINX Unit icon
     2 likes

    A lightweight and versatile open source server that simplifies the application stack by natively executing application code across eight different programming language runtimes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. InstantDB icon
     3 likes

    Instant is for building real-time and offline-enabled applications. We make it easy to build collaborative products like Notion or Figma.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Cometchat icon
     2 likes

    CometChat is a Facebook style footer chat written in PHP and mySql for your website which enables your users to interact and chat with each other in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. deepstream.io icon
     10 likes

    deepstream.io is a clusterable realtime server that handles persistent tcp and websocket connections. It offers data-sync, pub/sub and request/response. It's available for Linux, Mac and Windows and comes with clients in JS, Java and many others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. emitter.io icon
     11 likes

    Real-time communication service for connecting online devices. Infrastructure and APIs for IoT, gaming, apps and real-time web.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • Self-Hosted
     
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