Chat by Stream vs LiveKit
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Chat API and SDK. With a beautiful UI Kit, easy to use React Components and powerful API. Add Chat to any application in a matter of hours. The tech uses Go, RocksDB and Raft. By the creators of Stream, the API that powers activity feeds for more than 300 million users. | LiveKit is a set of APIs and SDKs which make it easy to build and scale live video and audio features in your application. Use cases include interactive live streaming, video calls, communications in games, and robotics teleoperations. |
Reactions;Threads & Replies; Presence/who is online;Fulltext search on chat messages;Messages states; Typing Indicators;Message history;Powerful query support for channels and users;AI based moderation for spam and profanity;User Roles;@mentions;User invites;Mute users;Ban users;Flag Messages;Custom Messages;React Components;Push notifications;Webhooks;Unread message counts;Multi Region support;GDPR compliancy tools;HIPAA ready;Custom Slack Style Slash commands;Highly available infrastructure with Raft replication;Giphy integration;Url enrichment;Video Playback; CDN integrated;Fast response time; On premise;Fully customizable;Powerful CLI;Unlimited message retention;99.999% uptime SLA; 24/7 phone support; SAML login; 2FA for developer accounts;Emoticons;File uploads via select, drag and drop and clipboard; React Native Components; | Scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit); Modern, full-featured client SDKs; Built for production, supports JWT authentication; Robust networking and connectivity, UDP/TCP/TURN; Cloud-hosted or self-host with single binary, Docker or Kubernetes; Advanced features include speaker detection, simulcast, adaptive bitrate and dynamic broadcasting, selective subscription, moderation APIs, webhooks, and distributed multi-region configurations |
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