--- title: Building a chat app with Socket.io and React 🚀 | daily.dev description: Socket.io is a popular JavaScript library that allows us to create real-time, bi-directional communication between web browsers and a Node.js server. To... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-chat-app-with-socket-io-and-react--zpd-2zyts twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a chat app with Socket.io and React 🚀 | daily.dev og:description: Socket.io is a popular JavaScript library that allows us to create real-time, bi-directional communication between web browsers and a Node.js server. To... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-chat-app-with-socket-io-and-react--zpd-2zyts og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Zpd_2zyts.png og:image:alt: Building a chat app with Socket.io and React 🚀 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a chat app with Socket.io and React 🚀 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 17 min read · 245 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary Socket.io is a popular JavaScript library that allows us to create real-time, bi-directional communication between web browsers and a Node.js server. To develop a chat app you would need to be aware of new messages as soon as they arrive. To read this article you'll need to have a basic knowledge of React.io. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@geauxweisbeck4** · 2 upvotes > ## This is an all time great post. **@kdavid** · 2 upvotes > Thank you everybody! **@goldendev726** · 1 upvotes > This is very helpful when you create a Gambling app with chatting option **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > I prefer matrix as chat infrastructure. **@faysaljafry** · 0 upvotes > #Good one.. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#novu](https://daily.dev/tags/novu), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-chat-app-with-socket-io-and-react--zpd-2zyts) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a chat app with Socket.io and React 🚀","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-chat-app-with-socket-io-and-react--zpd-2zyts","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-chat-app-with-socket-io-and-react--zpd-2zyts"},"datePublished":"2022-08-20T05:49:30.803Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Socket.io is a popular JavaScript library that allows us to create real-time, bi-directional communication between web browsers and a Node.js server. 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