Faye vs Mongoose Web Server
Faye
faye.jcoglan.com
Mongoose Web Server
mongoose.wsSide by side
| Figure | Faye | Mongoose Web Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · WebSocket Tools | 8.8 (#3) | 8.0 (#6) |
| Integrations | The download instructions provide installation through npm for Node.js and RubyGems for Ruby. | Mongoose can work with existing network stacks such as lwIP, Zephyr, and NetX, or run with its own built-in TCP/IP stack. |
| Maker | The site credits James Coglan as Faye’s maker. | Cesanta Software Ltd says it is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and was established in 2013 after Mongoose development began in 2004. |
| Purpose | Faye is a publish-subscribe messaging system based on the Bayeux protocol. | Mongoose is a two-file C/C++ networking library and embedded web server for connecting devices and building browser-based device dashboards. |
Plans
Mongoose Web Server
- GPLv2 Open SourceFree
- CommercialPrice not published
- EvaluationPriced on request
In their own words
Faye
Faye is a publish-subscribe messaging system that uses the Bayeux protocol. It provides message servers for Node.js and Ruby, plus clients for servers and major web browsers. Browser clients rely on a Faye server to relay messages; they can retry after a lost connection and redeliver dropped messages. Transport adapters cover WebSocket, HTTP long-polling, Cross Origin Resource Sharing, and JSON-P callback-polling. Server and client extensions can intercept or modify messages, including to add subscription authentication. The monitoring API reports handshakes, subscriptions, unsubscriptions, publishes, and disconnections. Faye runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and can be self-hosted. Its default in-process engine cannot span multiple front-end web servers, but Redis and Couchbase engines are documented for distributed deployments. Faye is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license; the listed plan is free. Install the Node.js server through npm or the Ruby server through RubyGems.
Mongoose Web Server
Mongoose Web Server has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.