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24 alternatives to Stream

THE API FOR SCALABLE FEEDS & CHAT

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Stream launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Stream 2.0▲303

   API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds

   2016 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Stream Chat▲327

   Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours

   2019 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   API.stream▲122

   API to build cloud-native live streaming production tools

   2022 · api.stream · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Stream▲166

   Analytics for feeds

   2016 · beta.dashboard.getstream.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Pusher Channels▲68

   Build scalable realtime infrastructure for your apps

   2018 · pusher.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Stream▲61

   A timeline based feed reader

   2020 · stream.hayseed.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Stream▲210

   Twitter for introverts

   2019 · streeeeam.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   100ms Live Stream SDK▲442

   Add Twitch-like live streams to your apps

   2022 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →

9. 9
   FEED▲191

   The first social network for co-streaming video content

   2021 · deer-outdoor.nl · its alternatives →

10. 10
    StreamAlive App for Zoom▲532

    Just put it in the chat

    2024 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Chat & Livestream SDKs▲8

    Build & Scale In-app Chat & Livestream features effortlessly

    2024 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Activity Feed UI Kit React Native▲146

    Add activity feeds to your app in 10 lines of code

    2018 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stream Chat A.I.▲108

    Helping to engage audiences for streamers with an AI twist

    2023 · streamchatai.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Virtual Event Chat Kit▲117

    UI kit & sample app for building in-app virtual event chat

    2021 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Heartbeat▲100

    Transform REST endpoints into streaming APIs

    2016 · heartbeat.appbase.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    chatcast▲17

    Twitch chat insights in real time

    2025 · chatcast.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ably Chat▲73

    Hey HN, Staff Engineer at Ably here. Over the past few months I've been speaking to engineers building AI assistants, copilots, and agentic workflows (over 40 companies at this point), with particular focus on cloud-hosted agents. I expected the hard problems to be in model selection, prompt engineering, and orchestration. Instead, the same infrastructure challenges kept coming up: realtime sync between agents and end clients is surprisingly painful to get right. - Managing and scaling WebSocket or SSE connections between agents and clients - Buffering messages server-side and implementing…

    Apr 2026 · ably.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TalkJS▲219

    Build full-featured chat into your websites and mobile apps

    2017 · talkjs.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    StreamElements▲123

    An all-in-one toolkit to help streamers grow 📹

    2019 · streamelements.com · its alternatives →

20. 20LC
    Lambda Chat – A dynamic web app using AWS Lambda▲57

    2015 · cloudnative.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Collabinate▲68

    an API for hosted activity streams

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    API Brew▲75

    Brew your own content feed

    2022 · apibrew.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Stream▲99

    Build activity streams in a few hours instead of weeks

    2014 · getstream.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Be.Live▲216

    Live streaming app to make the whole world your studio

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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