# Is Flask reliable for building realtime chat applications?

I am building a chat application with socket io client. Wanted to check if Flask is suitable backend framework for this use case?

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
- Author title: Software Consultant
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Yes, it is. You can build realtime chats with flask and Websocket.

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- Posted at: over 1 year ago
- Author title: Software Engineer at Nexton




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