https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/websocket/Recent content in Websocket on Pi StackHugoen-usSun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/centrifugo-vs-mercure-vs-soketi-self-hosted-websocket-push-server-2026/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/centrifugo-vs-mercure-vs-soketi-self-hosted-websocket-push-server-2026/<h2 id="why-self-host-a-websocket-push-server">Why Self-Host a WebSocket Push Server</h2> <p>Real-time communication is now a baseline requirement for modern web applications. Live chat, collaborative editing, notification feeds, stock tickers, multiplayer dashboards, and IoT telemetry all depend on pushing data to connected clients the moment it becomes available. While managed services like Pusher, PubNub, and Ably solve this problem out of the box, they come with recurring costs, vendor lock-in, and data sovereignty concerns.</p>