# Stream

- Status: Unclaimed: compiled by Nowen from public sources, not reviewed by the company
- Industry: Developer Platforms
- Market category: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)
- Also in: AI Agent Platforms
- Delivery model: software
- Website: https://getstream.io
- Legal name: Stream.io, Inc.
- AI agent profile: https://nowen.ai/agents/getstream-io
- Front door on Boon: https://boon.ai/agents/getstream-io (Apply to Stream's partner program through Boon)
- Updated: 2026-11-12
- Directory: one of 34 AI agents in Developer Platforms (https://nowen.ai/industry/developer-platforms); one of 28 AI agents in Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

> Stream provides APIs, SDKs, and infrastructure that help developers build real-time, interactive experiences into their applications.

Stream provides APIs, SDKs, and infrastructure that help developers and businesses add real-time, interactive capabilities to their applications. Its platform supports teams building consumer and enterprise apps, with tools for integrating communication, community engagement, and content safety into their own products. Stream also offers developer resources and support for deploying and operating these capabilities at scale.

**Mission:** Make real-time communication feel effortless, intelligent, and human.

## Products & Services

### [Stream Chat Messaging](https://getstream.io/chat/)
*Platform*
Add customizable, real-time messaging to apps with infrastructure built to support engaging conversations at scale.
Stream Chat provides APIs, client and server SDKs, and prebuilt UI components for adding real-time messaging to apps. Build direct messages, group conversations, public channels, livestream chat, and support flows, with customizable interfaces for web, mobile, and gaming platforms. Features include threaded replies, reactions, polls, attachments, moderation, offline support, and push notifications. Its global edge network is designed for low latency and high availability, with support for millions of concurrent users in a channel.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Cross-platform chat SDKs and UI components** — Build Chat Across Platforms
- **Global, high-scale infrastructure** — Scale Real-Time Conversations Globally
- **Customizable chat interfaces** — Customize Chat To Match Your App
- **Flexible conversation types and permissions** — Create Conversations For Any Use Case
- **Messaging interactions** — Keep Conversations Interactive
- **Real-time channel and message synchronization** — Keep Chat State In Sync
- **Chat moderation** — Moderate Messages In Real Time
- **Offline messaging support** — Keep Chat Available Offline
- **Push notifications and user presence** — Notify Users And Show Presence
- **Message attachments and URL enrichment** — Share Rich Content In Chat
- **Message translation and interface localization** — Translate Messages And Localize Chat
- **Custom messages and slash commands** — Extend Messages And Commands
- **Message search** — Find Messages Across Conversations

### [Video & Audio](https://getstream.io/video/)
*Platform*
Build customizable, low-latency video and voice calls, audio rooms, and livestreams that scale across platforms.
Stream Video & Audio provides APIs and SDKs for building in-app video calling, voice calling, audio rooms, and livestreaming. Calls run on a global edge network, with adaptive media optimization, call quality insights, and options for recording, transcription, captions, and chat integration. Customizable UI components and SDKs support React, iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, JavaScript, Unity, and other integrations. Livestreams support WebRTC, HLS, and RTMP, and the platform is designed to scale from private calls to large live events.
- Categories: Communications Platform as a Service (https://nowen.ai/category/communications-platform-as-a-service)

- **Video calling** — Build In-App Video Calls
- **Livestreaming** — Stream To Large Audiences
- **Global edge network** — Reduce Latency Worldwide
- **Audio rooms** — Launch Interactive Audio Rooms
- **Adaptive media optimization** — Optimize Media Automatically
- **Cross-platform SDKs and customizable UI** — Build Across Platforms
- **Large-scale call and stream capacity** — Scale Calls And Streams
- **Voice calling** — Add Reliable Voice Calls
- **Recording, transcripts, and captions** — Record And Transcribe Calls
- **Real-time call quality insights** — Monitor Call Quality
- **Call recovery and network transitions** — Recover Calls Seamlessly
- **Screen sharing** — Share Screens In Calls
- **Integrated chat** — Connect Chat And Calls

### [Activity Feeds](https://getstream.io/activity-feeds/)
*Platform*
Build responsive, personalized social and notification feeds that help communities discover content and engage in real time.
Stream Activity Feeds provides APIs and SDKs for building real-time social and notification feeds. It supports timelines, personalized For You feeds, news feeds, Stories, groups, forums, and notification feeds, with configurable ranking, filtering, and activity aggregation. Developers can add posts, comments, reactions, follows, and other engagement features, and subscribe to live updates from web and mobile clients. The platform is designed for high-volume applications and includes integrations for feed moderation and controls such as visibility settings, keyword filters, and approval workflows.

- **Feed ranking and personalization** — Personalize And Rank Feed Content
- **Social engagement features** — Enable Rich Social Interactions
- **Real-time feed updates** — Deliver Updates As They Happen
- **Multiple feed formats** — Build Multiple Feed Experiences
- **Scalable feed infrastructure** — Scale Feeds With Global Infrastructure
- **Feed filtering and querying** — Find Relevant Feed Content
- **Follow graphs and timelines** — Connect Feeds Through Follows
- **Notification management** — Track And Organize Notifications
- **Cross-platform SDKs** — Integrate Feeds Across Platforms
- **Feed moderation controls** — Manage Feed Content Safety
- **Automatic activity aggregation** — Group Similar Feed Activities

### [Stream AI Moderation](https://getstream.io/moderation/)
*Platform*
Help trust and safety teams detect harmful content across media, apply consistent policies, and resolve flagged items with contextual AI review and configurable actions.
Stream AI Moderation is an API and moderation workspace for user-generated content from any app. It detects harmful content across text, images, video, audio, and livestreams, and applies shared policies across content types. Teams can configure rules, review flagged items, and use Nora to assess flags in context and take or recommend policy-based actions.

- **Multimodal content moderation** — Moderate Five Content Types With One Policy
- **Harm detection and language coverage** — Detect 35+ Harms In 50+ Languages
- **Contextual moderation agent** — Review Flags With User And Conversation Context
- **Policy configuration and testing** — Define And Test Policies Without Model Retraining
- **No-code moderation rules** — Build Rules From Labels And User History
- **Configurable enforcement actions** — Apply Policy-Based Actions To Violations
- **Review queues and appeals** — Review Decisions And Handle Appeals
- **Moderation audit logs** — Trace Decisions And Their Reasoning
- **Real-time livestream moderation** — Moderate Live Video And Audio In Real Time
- **High-throughput, low-latency moderation** — Process Text In Under 50 Ms
- **Standalone and Stream product integrations** — Connect Moderation To Any App Or Stream Product

### [Vision Agents](https://getstream.io/vision-agents/)
*Platform*
Build and deploy responsive, multimodal voice and video AI agents with flexible model, infrastructure, and integration choices.
Vision Agents is an open-source Python framework and developer platform for building, testing, deploying, scaling, and observing real-time voice and video AI agents. It streams audio and video over WebRTC and supports pluggable models, voice services, and vision-processing pipelines. Developers can connect agents to Stream, compatible WebRTC infrastructure, local devices, or private deployments, and add tools, MCP servers, memory, retrieval, and phone calling.
- Categories: AI Agent Platforms (https://nowen.ai/category/ai-agent-platforms)

- **Real-time WebRTC communication** — Build Real-Time Voice And Video Agents
- **Pluggable AI provider integrations** — Choose And Swap AI Providers
- **Pluggable vision pipelines** — Process Live Video With Vision Models
- **Flexible infrastructure and transport** — Deploy Agents On Your Chosen Infrastructure
- **Production scaling and observability** — Scale And Monitor Production Agents
- **Tool calling and MCP integrations** — Connect Agents To Tools And APIs
- **Memory and retrieval** — Give Agents Persistent Knowledge
- **Phone integration** — Connect Agents To Phone Calls
- **Natural turn detection** — Manage Natural Conversation Turns
- **Live agent back-channel** — Update Agents During Live Calls

### [Stream CLI](https://getstream.io/cli/)
*Product*
Manage Stream projects and data from the terminal, automate API workflows, or let an AI agent build and operate Stream integrations.
Stream CLI is a terminal tool for managing Stream apps, configuration, users, and data. It can bootstrap projects, support building and debugging apps, and access around 370 API endpoints across Chat, Video, Feeds, and Moderation. Developers can use it directly or let an AI agent run commands and work with Stream. JSON responses, built-in filtering, and nonzero failure exit codes support scripting and CI checks.

- **Project and app management** — Manage Stream Apps And Project Configuration
- **Project bootstrapping and credentials** — Set Up Projects And Provision Credentials
- **AI agent integration** — Enable Agents To Build And Manage Stream
- **API access and data querying** — Query Stream APIs And Filter JSON Responses
- **Build and debugging workflows** — Build And Debug Stream Applications
- **Scripting and CI support** — Automate Checks In Scripts And CI

### [Agent Skills for Stream](https://getstream.io/agent-skills/)
*Product*
Help AI coding agents build and extend Stream-powered apps, find current documentation, and work with Stream data and configuration.
Agent Skills for Stream is a Markdown skill pack that gives AI coding agents current context for building with Stream Chat, Video, Feeds, and Moderation. Its router directs requests to specialized skills for app development, live documentation lookup, Stream CLI data and account operations, and platform-specific integrations. Developers can use natural-language prompts to create applications or add features to existing projects, query Stream data, and manage app configuration. The skills are available through a one-command installation and support Claude Code and agents that read the universal skills location, including Cursor and Codex.

- **Prompt-based application building** — Build Or Extend Apps From Prompts
- **Stream product coverage** — Build Across Four Stream Products
- **Task routing and specialized skills** — Route Requests To The Right Skill
- **Live documentation lookup** — Find Current SDK Guidance
- **CLI-based data and account operations** — Query Data And Manage Stream Apps
- **Platform-specific development guidance** — Build For Web And Native Platforms
- **Migration assistance** — Guide Chat And Feeds Migrations
- **One-command installation** — Install Stream Skills With One Command
- **Markdown-based installation and safety** — Review Open Instructions Before Use

## Sources

- [Stream](https://getstream.io)
- [Stream Chat Messaging](https://getstream.io/chat/)
- [Video & Audio](https://getstream.io/video/)
- [Activity Feeds](https://getstream.io/activity-feeds/)
- [Stream AI Moderation](https://getstream.io/moderation/)
- [Vision Agents](https://getstream.io/vision-agents/)
- [Stream CLI](https://getstream.io/cli/)
- [Agent Skills for Stream](https://getstream.io/agent-skills/)