Liveblocks

Real-time collaboration infrastructure for developers

Best for: Developers adding real-time collaboration (cursors, comments, presence) to React apps

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The editorial note

What to know about Liveblocks

Liveblocks is a developer toolkit for adding real-time collaboration features to apps — like collaborative cursors, presence, comments, and document sync. Instead of building these features from scratch, developers integrate Liveblocks to add Google Docs-style collaboration to their React apps in hours. Used by companies like Pitch, Vercel, and Yoast to power collaborative features.

Is it right for you?

Who Liveblocks suits

Choose it if

Developers adding real-time collaboration (cursors, comments, presence) to React apps

Look elsewhere if

Non-developers or teams who don't need to build collaboration into their product

What you get

Key features

Real-time cursors and presence
Comments and threads
Document synchronization
Notifications
Conflict resolution (CRDT)
Text editor (BlockNote)
Storage

Works with

Integrations6

ReactNext.jsLexicalTipTapYjsFigma (inspiration)

The trade-off

Pros and cons

Pros

Real-time presence and cursors
Comment threads
Document storage
Great React SDK
Conflict-free sync (CRDT)
Good documentation

Cons

Developer-only tool
Pricing at scale can be high
React-centric (limited other frameworks)

Quick read

At a glance

Category: Development & Coding
Pricing model: Freemium
Free plan: Available
Free trial: Not listed
Website: liveblocks.io

The verdict

Our take on Liveblocks

Best infrastructure for adding collaborative features to React apps. Liveblocks reduces months of engineering work to hours with a clean API.

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