Nakama

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Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps. It has a large set of services for users, storage, and realtime communication; as well as specialized APIs like realtime multiplayer, groups/guilds, and chat.

Cost / License

Freemium (Pay once)
Open Source (Apache-2.0)

Origin

United States

Platforms

Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Unity

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Developed by
Heroic Labs
Licensing
Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Freemium product.
Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) + free version with limited functionality.
Written in
Go
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Supported Languages
- English

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Development, Social & Communications, Games

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Nakama was added to AlternativeTo by novabyte on Jan 17, 2017 and this page was last updated Sep 9, 2022.

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What is Nakama?

Heroic Labs builds Nakama; an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps. It includes a large set of services for users, data storage, and realtime client/server communication; as well as specialized APIs like realtime multiplayer, groups/guilds, and chat. Nakama works with any kind of games device including consoles and VR headsets; and across games platforms like iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Nakama is built by a team of engineers with backgrounds in distributed databases, big data analytics and high-volume mobile application APIs.

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