JavaScript frameworks · comparison

Socket.io vs Stimulus

Stimulus is used on 259,826 sites, 32 times as many as Socket.io (8,034 sites).

In JavaScript frameworks, Socket.io ranks #18 and Stimulus #2 by number of sites.

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, Socket.io grew 2.7% and Stimulus grew 0.3%.

4 sites run both: less than 0.1% of Socket.io sites and less than 0.1% of Stimulus sites.

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Socket.io

socket.io
Sites
8,034
Share of tracked sites
0.05%
Rank in JavaScript frameworks
#18
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +2.7%
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Stimulus

stimulusjs.org
Sites
259,826
Share of tracked sites
1.69%
Rank in JavaScript frameworks
#2
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.29%

Sites using both

4
sites run Socket.io and Stimulus
of Socket.io sites<0.1%
of Stimulus sites<0.1%

Top sites using Socket.io

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Often used with Socket.io

Top sites using Stimulus

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Often used with Stimulus

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Site counts and ranks come from our crawl of the web; the change compares the monthly adoption snapshots both technologies have.