Faye vs Moquette
Faye
faye.jcoglan.com
Moquette
moquette-io.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Faye | Moquette |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Message Broker Software | 8.7 (#6) | 7.5 (#27) |
| License | Faye is open-source software released under the Apache 2.0 license. | The repository identifies the project license as Apache-2.0. |
| Purpose | Faye is a publish-subscribe messaging system based on the Bayeux protocol. | Moquette is a lightweight Java MQTT broker for IoT projects that can be embedded in other applications. |
| Transport security | The security guide advises using HTTPS or WSS and securing Node, Thin or a fronting TLS terminator. | The documentation explains configuring SSL connections using broker and client keystores and certificates. |
Plans
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.
Moquette
Moquette has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.