{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/8"},{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/11"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Python SDK for server-side integration with Stream Chat, providing APIs to manage users, channels, messages, and chat metadata.","skillfed_tags":["chat-api","async-support","maintenance-mode"],"use_cases":["Build a chat backend that manages user accounts, channels, and permissions through Stream's API.","Send and retrieve messages programmatically from a server-side application.","Implement async chat operations in high-concurrency environments using StreamChatAsync.","Monitor rate limits and API response metadata for production chat systems.","Migrate existing chat integrations while maintaining backward-compatible dict-like response handling."],"what_it_does":"stream-chat is the official Python client library for Stream Chat, a backend service for building chat applications. It provides synchronous and asynchronous APIs to manage users, channels, messages, and other chat metadata server-side. The library wraps HTTP requests to Stream's API endpoints and returns typed response objects that inherit from dict, maintaining backward compatibility while exposing rate-limit information, headers, and status codes.\n\nThe package depends on requests, aiohttp, aiodns, aiofile, pyjwt, and typing_extensions to handle both sync and async operations. It is currently in maintenance mode\u2014the maintainers recommend new projects use the newer `getstream` SDK instead, though stream-chat remains safe for continued use and will receive critical fixes.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are maintaining an existing stream-chat integration or building a new chat backend with Stream. The package is actively maintained and has no known vulnerabilities. However, if starting a new project, consider the newer `getstream` SDK instead, as stream-chat is in maintenance mode. License terms are unclear and should be verified before use."},"id":"stream-chat","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/stream-chat","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/stream-chat.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/stream-chat/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-15","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"stream-chat","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Client for Stream Chat."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":490779,"position":6367,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"4.32.0"}