Is pusherjs still under active development?

[KayakinKoder]

We are paying customers, but looking at your releases, the last was nearly 8 months ago. That doesn't bode well, not even having some small releases for bug fixes/package updates.

Is pusherjs still under active development? If so, why are updates so rare? Thanks.

[isaachinman]

I raised similar concerns in #702.

If anyone is aware of an alternative client-side package that is compatible with the Pusher protocol and/or Soketi, please let me know.

[hichemfantar]

@isaachinman Ably is pusher compatible

[isaachinman]

I'm aware, but it is even more bloated than the Pusher package.

[hichemfantar]

Is your issue with the bundle size?

[isaachinman]

Yes, see #702.

I offered actionable and relatively easy steps to substantially improve the package you are distributing to your paying customers.
Is this repository actively maintained?

[hichemfantar]

I understand but as long as everything is working smoothly then shaving off a few kbs isn't really worth the extra headache. Good server side compression and caching headers should be enough. Maybe throw in lazy loading if first paint is critical.

maybe create a fork with the bundling optimizations you want and use that in your project, then make a pr with your changes?

[isaachinman]

It's not "shaving a few kbs" – the Pusher package is ~62kb of JavaScript.

I spent about an hour investigating and providing actionable advice to the Pusher team. They thanked me and... closed the issue.

If other users are genuinely interested, I can publish my findings. We can/should continue any further discussion in #702.

This issue has been open for three months with no response from any maintainers, so it's safe to say this repository is not actively maintained.

[KayakinKoder]

@isaachinman yes it seems this repo is not actively maintained. Makes me wonder what Pusher's business plans are, given that it seems pusher-js is their primary breadwinner.

On the side note you and @hichemfantar were discussing, Ably looks pretty great. It's 2024, there are far more important things to worry about (such as "is the company actively improving their product"...) than KBs of javascript.

[hichemfantar]

The 60kB is uncompressed, its 17.7kB with gzip and even less with brotli.
almost every server in existence comes with gzip or brotli.
I agree it could be less but you can always fork and apply the changes you want.

https://bundlephobia.com/package/[email protected]

[isaachinman]

If neither of you are interested in the bundle size discussion, why continue to discuss it in an unrelated issue?

[hichemfantar]

@isaachinman never said I wasn't interested, I'm discussing solutions until the maintainers push an update.