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New Chat Components
Focus on your feature set, not basic infrastructure, with our chat and UI components.
Read moreWhat is PubNub?
PubNub enables you to build connected experiences with powerful hosted messaging APIs. Follow our Developer Paths and Quickstart Guides to get started.
Why use PubNub?
Always-on Pub/Sub
Low latency messaging via persistent open connections to any device, and delivering messaging worldwide in 100ms.
Functions
Run JavaScript business logic directly inside PubNub, triggered by messages and user actions.
SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA-Compliant
Build enterprise applications with confidence, meeting rigorous security and compliance requirements.
Chat Components: Go to Market Quickly
Pre-built chat components let you create engaging apps in minimal time, without sacrificing customization.
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Featured Case Study
vFairs
vFairs leverages PubNub to provide real-time, in-app chat—reliably and at scale—to the attendees of the remote conferences, trade shows, and more hosted on their platform.
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Featured Resource
Virtual Events Developer Path
Virtual Events Developer Path - Real-time virtual events are made easy with PubNub using our developer path for success.
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Developer Paths
We did the research for you and collected resources for some of our popular developer use cases that will help you learn where to get started, explore what you can do, build what you imagined, and then expand on it to do even more.
Unity Developer PathIt's easy to build real-time features with Unity and PubNub using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow Unity Developer Path-
Demos to build chat and leaderboards
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Tutorials and docs for our Unity SDK
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Links to our favorite resources for learning Unity
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- Healthcare Developer PathCreate real-time HIPAA-compliant features with PubNub using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow Healthcare Developer Path
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Demos for a telemedicine chat app
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Blogs and checklists for HIPAA-compliance
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Links to other resources you should read to ensure HIPAA-compliance
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- Virtual Event Developer PathIt's easy to build real-time virtual events with PubNub using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow Virtual Event Developer Path
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Demo for a live event chat application
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Guides for building chat for live events
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Resources for building live event chat applications
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- IoT Developer PathBuild the Internet of Things with PubNub using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow IoT Developer Path
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IoT customer use cases explained
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Blogs and tutorials for IoT
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External resources for learning IoT platforms
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- Chat Developer PathInvestigate how to easily build real-time chat with PubNub using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow Chat Developer Path
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Chat demos in various scenarios
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Tutorials and blogs to build chat
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Links to explore more features
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- Components Developer PathBuild with iOS, Android, and React Chat Components using our developer path for success.What can you expect?Follow Components Developer Path
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Components for chat in 3 languages
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Tutorials and blogs to build with components
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Links to explore more chat features
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- What can you expect?Follow Unity Developer Path
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Demos to build chat and leaderboards
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Tutorials and docs for our Unity SDK
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Links to our favorite resources for learning Unity
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- What can you expect?Follow Healthcare Developer Path
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Demos for a telemedicine chat app
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Blogs and checklists for HIPAA-compliance
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Links to other resources you should read to ensure HIPAA-compliance
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- What can you expect?Follow Virtual Event Developer Path
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Demo for a live event chat application
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Guides for building chat for live events
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Resources for building live event chat applications
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- What can you expect?Follow IoT Developer Path
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IoT customer use cases explained
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Blogs and tutorials for IoT
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External resources for learning IoT platforms
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- What can you expect?Follow Chat Developer Path
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Chat demos in various scenarios
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Tutorials and blogs to build chat
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Links to explore more features
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- What can you expect?Follow Components Developer Path
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Components for chat in 3 languages
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Tutorials and blogs to build with components
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Links to explore more chat features
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