Is socket.io-redis still maintained?
No — socket.io-redis stopped being maintained around May 2021. The same project continues under the name @socket.io/redis-adapter.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- May 2021
- Use instead
@socket.io/redis-adapter— on npm- Succession
- Renamed package
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- high
What should I use instead of socket.io-redis?
The same project continues under the name @socket.io/redis-adapter. @socket.io/redis-adapter is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from socket.io-redis to @socket.io/redis-adapter
The default export became the named export createAdapter, and the adapter no longer creates Redis clients for you: build your own pubClient and subClient with redis or ioredis and pass them as createAdapter(pubClient, subClient).
Why socket.io-redis is on this list
The Redis adapter for Socket.IO was republished under the @socket.io scope at version 7, and the old socket.io-redis package stopped at 6.1.1 in May 2021. Its npm notice names @socket.io/redis-adapter and links to the official migration guide. The scoped adapter is the one documented on socket.io.
The succession is settled: primary sources agree and the ecosystem has already moved.
socket.io-redis alternatives
Beyond the primary recommendation, these are credible for socket.io-redis's use case:
@socket.io/cluster-adapter— view on npm@socket.io/mongo-adapter— view on npm
Check your own project for socket.io-redis
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If socket.io-redis is anywhere in your tree — a direct dependency or buried under something else — it appears in the report with this verdict, this successor and the same evidence links, alongside anything else that has stopped moving. Nothing is uploaded; the scan reads your lockfile locally and queries public registry metadata.
Exit code 1 means something was flagged, which makes npx dead-deps --min-state deprecated usable as a CI gate. See how verdicts are produced.
Evidence
Every claim on this page traces to a primary source. Check them:
- npm deprecation notice for socket.io-redisnpmjs.com
- Official Socket.IO Redis adapter migration guidesocket.io
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See the full index of covered packages, or read the methodology for how a verdict is reached and why a quiet package is not a dead one.