[Replacement]: ws replaced by native node WebSocket

[mauriciolauffer]

Package to replace

ws

Suggested replacement(s)

Native WebSocket Client in Node.js

Manifest type

native (replaceable by a built-in platform feature)

Rationale

ws is widely used, over 180k downloads / week. It could be replaced by Native WebSocket Client in Node.js

Availability

Node v21

Code example (optional)

[gameroman]

https://nodejs.org/learn/getting-started/websocket#important-to-understand

[43081j]

Hmm yeah that's a good point. We can't really blanket recommend against it since people may be using it for the server.

Maybe we can only do this through an ecosystem issue effort. Basically researching popular packages that use it for a client.