# Want to use Gifted Chat with Pusher Chatkit?

## What is [Chatkit](https://pusher.com/chatkit?utm_source=github&utm_campaign=react-native-gifted-chat-sponsorship)?

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	<img width="650" src="https://github.com/bookercodes/react-native-gifted-chat/blob/master/media/chatit-banner.png?raw=true" alt="Pusher Chatkit"></a>
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Chatkit is a hosted chat API for you React and React Native applications (it works with native [Android](https://docs.pusher.com/chatkit/reference/android?utm_source=github&utm_campaign=react-native-gifted-chat-sponsorship) and [iOS](https://docs.pusher.com/chatkit/reference/swift?utm_source=github&utm_campaign=react-native-gifted-chat-sponsorship) too!).

You can use it to power:

* Group chat
* One-to-one chat
* Private chat
* Read receipts
* Typing indicators
* Media messages
* ... And more

## How to Chatkit with Gifted Chat

We wrote a utorial on [How to build a chat app with Gifted Chat and Pusher Chatkit](https://pusher.com/tutorials/chat-app-react-native-gifted-chat) to help you get started.

Also check out the sample code in this folder.
