Liveblocks

What is Liveblocks?

Liveblocks is a realtime collaboration infrastructure designed to help developers rapidly build and scale multiplayer, engaging, and AI-ready collaborative experiences. It offers a modular toolkit with customizable pre-built features such as Comments, Text Editor, AI Copilots, Presence, and Notifications that can be easily integrated into products. The platform supports seamless scaling from dozens to millions of users without requiring maintenance of WebSocket servers or complex infrastructure. Deep integration with popular frameworks like React and Node.js, along with powerful developer tools and analytics, enable fast development and deployment of collaborative applications.

Key Features

• Customizable Pre-Built Components

  Ready-to-use features like collaborative comments, rich text editors, AI copilots, notifications, and presence indicators that can be dropped into any app.

• Fully-Hosted Scalable Infrastructure

  Robust WebSocket-based backend that scales effortlessly to millions of users with no maintenance required.

• Modular and Framework-Friendly

  Integrations with popular frontend libraries and frameworks such as React, Redux, Zustand, and Yjs for flexible embedding.

• AI Collaboration Ready

  Built-in support for AI copilots enabling users to collaborate with AI agents inside applications.

• Developer Experience and Analytics

  Comprehensive DevTools, monitoring dashboard, schema validation, and analytics to optimize collaborative features.

• Enterprise-Grade Security

  Implements best-in-class security practices to ensure safe and reliable integration.

Use Cases

• Collaborative Text Editing : Enable multiple users to edit documents simultaneously with real-time syncing and multiplayer undo/redo.
• In-App Comments and Annotations : Add contextual comments and threads within apps to facilitate communication and feedback.
• AI-Assisted Collaboration : Integrate AI copilots that work alongside users to enhance productivity and creativity.
• Real-Time Notifications and Presence : Keep users engaged with live notifications and presence indicators showing who is active.
• Multiplayer Features for SaaS Products : Transform single-player applications into collaborative platforms like Notion, Figma, or Linear.

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