Hive Realtime
Hive Realtime sends messages to browsers and mobile apps the moment something happens: live dashboards, chat, notifications, “who’s online”, collaborative editing, order tracking.
Your server sends an event to a channel; every client subscribed to that channel gets it instantly over a WebSocket.
It speaks the Pusher Channels protocol, so you use the libraries you already know: pusher-js, Laravel Echo, and the Pusher server libraries for Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, Ruby and more. Already on Pusher? Change the host and keys; your code stays the same.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Channels | Public, private, private encrypted and presence |
| Client libraries | pusher-js (web, React Native), Laravel Echo, any Pusher-compatible client |
| Server libraries | Any official Pusher server library |
| Extras | Client events, user sign-in and messages to one user, webhooks, a live debug console |
| Regions | Every DockHive region; an app lives in the region you pick |
| Free plan | 2 apps, 100 connections at once and 200,000 messages a day, per region |
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Create an app in the console (Hive Realtime > New app) and pick the region closest to your users.
- Connect your frontend with
pusher-js(or Laravel Echo) using the app’s key and host. - Send events from your server with a Pusher server library using the app ID, key, secret and host.
Next: the Quickstart.