Stream Chat
Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours
Stream Chat launched on April 10, 2019 with 327 votes, #29 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.
In plain words
Stream Chat is a developer tool that enables teams to build and deploy in-app messaging features in hours using pre-built UI kits and components for React, React Native, iOS, and Android. It provides a powerful API backed by Go, RocksDB, and Raft technology, allowing developers to create various chat and messaging experiences without building from scratch. The platform currently powers messaging for over 500 million users across multiple applications.
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From the sources
A beautiful UI Kit, easy to use React/RN/iOS/Android Components and powerful API. Build any type of Chat or Messaging experience in a matter of hours. The tech uses Go, RocksDB and Raft. Stream powers chat and activity feeds for more than 500 million users.
Launch in days (not weeks) with Stream
Ship feature-rich messaging with SDKs backed by a global edge network for lower latency, engagement, and retention. Production-ready SDKs for React, Swift, Android, Flutter, React Native, Unity, Unreal and all server-side integrations. Build chat that looks like Slack, WhatsApp, Discord or any other in-app messaging experience. Support any conversation type with flexible channel types and permissions. Detect harmful text, images, and video in real time with custom policies, powered by advanced NLP and LLMs. Users can react to messages with likes, hearts, and custom reaction types. Reply to specific messages without cluttering the main channel conversation. Add custom slash commands to…from getstream.io
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