Build dependable realtime apps with your favorite tech
Ably's feature-rich APIs enable you to develop and deliver powerful digital experiences in realtime, no matter the stack. Whether you are using JavaScript, Flutter, Android, Golang, or something else, our SDKs keep things simple by being consistent, predictable, and easy to use.
The simplest way to develop realtime functionality that's guaranteed to deliver at scale
Ably is a serverless edge messaging platform designed to stream realtime messages at extreme scale to web, mobile, and IoT devices, over a fault-tolerant, autoscaling global edge network. We deliver 750+ billion messages to more than 300 million end-users each month.
As a managed solution, Ably enables you to:
Easily build high-performance realtime functionality that delights your users.
Reduce engineering and DevOps efforts - there's no complex realtime infrastructure for you to provision and maintain.
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Robust feature set to power delightful realtime experiences
Publish messages to millions of subscribers over Ably channels - named units of distribution that offer a way to implement Pub/Sub messaging and realtime data delivery.
We support WebSockets, SSE, and MQTT, so you can choose the right protocol for your use case. We also support the Pusher and PubNub protocols, making the migration to Ably quick and simple.
No message is ever lost, delivered multiple times, or out of order, even if unreliable networks and brief disconnections are involved.
Subscribe to events when devices or users enter, leave, or update their state on channels. Essential for use cases like chat, multiplayer games, or collaboration tools.
Reduce the bandwidth needed to distribute messages to consumers by sending only the changes from the previous message instead of the entire payload.
Send push notifications over Ably channels, or deliver them directly to Android and iOS users with FCM and APNs.
Simple and powerful client library SDKs
All official Ably client library SDKs offer a consistent yet idiomatic API across every language. Regardless of your development environment or preferred language, Ably keeps things simple for you by providing consistency and predictability.
You can quickly integrate our SDKs into your tech stack with a few lines of code, and start building realtime features in minutes.
25+ SDKs targeting all major languages and development platforms:
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