{"data":{"slug":"anycable","name":"AnyCable","tagline":"MIT realtime for Action Cable with delivery guarantees","category":"comms","categoryName":"Comms","url":"https://anycable.io","github":"https://github.com/anycable/anycable","pricing":"freemium","hook":"AnyCable is Action Cable that survives scale without pretending to be Pusher.","whatsGood":"MIT. Open-source tier is Free. Delivery guarantees, presence, Action Cable protocol, multi-backend. Drop-in path for Rails apps that outgrew the default cable server.","theCatch":"Delivery guarantees + presence + Action Cable / multi-backend — not a Pusher-protocol server. Distinct from Socket.IO and Centrifugo. Pro and Managed exist; prices not reprinted here.","verdict":"MIT Action Cable path. OSS tier is free; not Soketi, not Socket.IO.","addedAt":"2026-09-04","featured":false,"domain":"Comms","subSpecialty":"Realtime","capabilities":["realtime","websockets"],"surfaces":["Hosted"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"Freemium","githubStars":2375},"related":[{"slug":"livekit","name":"LiveKit","tagline":"Apache-2.0 realtime rooms, SFU, and agents"},{"slug":"chatwoot","name":"Chatwoot","tagline":"MIT-core support inbox you can self-host for $0/agent"},{"slug":"socket-io","name":"Socket.IO","tagline":"MIT realtime library with fallbacks, not a hosted product"},{"slug":"plunk","name":"Plunk","tagline":"AGPL-3.0 transactional email, workflows, and broadcasts"},{"slug":"centrifugo","name":"Centrifugo","tagline":"Apache-2.0 Go realtime server binary, not in-process Socket.IO"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/anycable","html":"/gems/anycable","markdown":"/gems/anycable.md","category":"/api/gems?category=comms","categoryPage":"/stacks/comms"}}