Live Cursors

This example shows how to build live cursors with Liveblocks and esbuild.

Live preview

Open the example above and share it on multiple windows or devices to try it live.

Getting started

Run the following command to try this example locally:

$npx create-liveblocks-app@latest --example javascript-live-cursors --no-api-key --no-vercel

This will download the example and install the example. Next, you must:

Create an account on liveblocks.io
Copy your public key from the dashboard
Replace pk_YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY in app.js with your public key
Run npm run build and open static/index.html in your browser

Manual setup

Alternatively, you can set up your project manually:

Install all dependencies with npm install
Create an account on liveblocks.io
Copy your public key from the dashboard
Replace pk_YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY in app.ts with your public key
Run npm run build and open static/index.html in your browser

Deploy on Vercel

To both deploy on Vercel, and run the example locally, use the following command:

$npx create-liveblocks-app@latest --example javascript-live-cursors --vercel

This will download the example and ask permission to open your browser, enabling you to deploy to Vercel. Next, you must:

Create an account on liveblocks.io
Copy your public key from the dashboard
Replace pk_YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY in app.js with your public key
Push a commit to update the Vercel demo with the key
Run npm run build and open static/index.html in your browser

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