# faye

> Simple pub/sub messaging for the web

Latest version **1.4.1** (published 2025-06-17) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install faye
pnpm add faye
yarn add faye
bun add faye
```

## Health

**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: maintenance-mode.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: stale; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.1 |
| Published | 2025-06-17 |
| First published | 2010-12-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=0.8.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 |
| Unpacked size | 509.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 4385 |
| Author | James Coglan |
| Maintainers | jcoglan |
| Keywords | comet, websocket, pubsub, bayeux, ajax, http |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/faye
- Repository: https://github.com/faye/faye
- Homepage: https://faye.jcoglan.com
- Issues: https://github.com/faye/faye/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/faye

## Dependencies (6)

- [asap](https://npm.io/package/asap.md) *
- [csprng](https://npm.io/package/csprng.md) *
- [safe-buffer](https://npm.io/package/safe-buffer.md) *
- [tough-cookie](https://npm.io/package/tough-cookie.md) *
- [tunnel-agent](https://npm.io/package/tunnel-agent.md) *
- [faye-websocket](https://npm.io/package/faye-websocket.md) >=0.9.1

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## Recent versions

- 1.4.1 (latest) — 2025-06-17
- 1.4.0 — 2020-07-31
- 1.3.0 — 2020-06-08
- 1.2.5 — 2020-04-28
- 1.1.3 — 2020-04-28
- 1.0.4 — 2020-04-28
- 1.2.4 — 2017-01-28
- 1.2.3 — 2016-10-11
- 1.2.2 — 2016-07-18
- 1.2.1 — 2016-06-29
- 1.2.0 — 2016-06-26
- 1.1.2 — 2015-07-19
- 1.1.1 — 2015-02-25
- 1.1.0 — 2014-12-22
- 0.8.11 — 2014-07-08
- … 30 more at https://npm.io/package/faye/versions

## README

# Faye

Faye is a set of tools for simple publish-subscribe messaging between web
clients. It ships with easy-to-use message routing servers for Node.js and Rack
applications, and clients that can be used on the server and in the browser.

- Documentation: http://faye.jcoglan.com
- Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/faye-users
- Bug tracker: http://github.com/faye/faye/issues
- Source code: http://github.com/faye/faye

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