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Poxa: A Pusher clone with a real-time Console (github.com)
43 points by edgurgel 4442 days ago
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sjtgraham 4442 days ago
There a few (including this) OSS Pusher clones available if you prefer other languages:

Ruby - Slanger* (https://github.com/stevegraham/slanger)

Java/Play - PushPlay (https://github.com/danbeaulieu/PushPlay)

*Disclosure: I am one of the authors of Slanger.

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jkarneges 4442 days ago
Great to see this. Being able to run your own Pusher-compatible server sounds quite useful for dev environments or internal usage. Is Poxa endorsed by Pusher at all?

FWIW, our company, Fanout (https://fanout.io), is similar to Pusher except we decided to open source our own code to be good citizens. No need for the community to reverse engineer anything. ;)

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edgurgel 4442 days ago
Yeah they "endorse" if you consider they published a link to Poxa here: http://blog.pusher.com/pusher-community-libraries-highlights...

Thanks for pointing out Fanout. Looks like a nice product/project.

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hackerboos 4442 days ago
Props to them for blogging about their open-source competitors.
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keeptrying 4442 days ago
Why couldn't this be used for production usage? Especially for applications where loss of real time isn't a big deal ?
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jkarneges 4442 days ago
Since there are already a bunch of open source "push" servers (Socket.io, Faye, Firehose, etc), I assumed the main draw of Poxa would be to use as a substitution for the official Pusher cloud service depending on deployment scenarios.

Of course, someone could certainly use Poxa without any intention of ever using Pusher.com. The protocol features & client libraries are very nice.

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keeptrying 4438 days ago
This looks like its easier to setup right?
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