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`stream_chat_persistence` - This package provides a persistence client for fetching and saving chat data locally. Stream Chat Persistence uses Moor as a disk cache.
`stream_chat_localizations` - This package provides a set of localizations for the SDK.
### Local Setup
Congratulations! 🎉. You've successfully cloned our repo, and you are ready to make your first contribution. Before you can start making code changes, there are a few things to configure.
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![](../assets/sdk_title.png)
Stream Chat is a service that helps you easily build a full chat experience in your Flutter (and more) apps.
Stream Chat is a service that helps you easily build a full chat experience in your Flutter apps.
We also support a variety of other SDKs.
This section of the documentation focuses on our Flutter SDK which helps you easily
ship high quality messaging experiences in apps and programs built with the [Flutter toolkit made
by Google](https://flutter.dev).
ship high quality messaging experiences in apps and programs built with the [Flutter toolkit
made by Google](https://flutter.dev).
The Stream Chat Flutter SDK comprises of four different packages to choose from ranging from ones
The Stream Chat Flutter SDK comprises five different packages to choose from, ranging from ones
giving you complete control to ones that give you a rich out-of-the-box chat experience.
The packages that make up the Stream Chat SDK are:
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saving chat data locally.
5. <b>Localizations (stream_chat_localizations)</b>: provides a set of localizations for the SDK.
We recommend building prototypes using the full UI package since it contains UI widgets already
integrated with Stream's API. [stream_chat_flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/stream_chat_flutter)
is the fastest way to get up and running using Stream chat in your app.
We recommend building prototypes using the full UI package, [stream_chat_flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/stream_chat_flutter),
since it contains UI widgets already integrated with Stream's API. It is the fastest way to get up
and running using Stream chat in your app.
The Flutter SDK enables you to build any type of chat or messaging experience for Android, iOS, Web
and Desktop.
If you're building a very custom UI and would prefer a more lean package,
our [core package](https://pub.dev/packages/stream_chat_flutter) will be suited to this use case. Core allows you to build custom,
expressive UIs while retaining the benefits of our full Flutter SDK.
APIs for accessing and controlling users, sending messages, etc are seamlessly integrated into
this package and accessible via providers and builders.
[stream_chat_flutter_core](https://pub.dev/packages/stream_chat_flutter_core) will be suited to this
use case. Core allows you to build custom, expressive UIs while retaining the benefits of our full
Flutter SDK. APIs for accessing and controlling users, sending messages, and so forth are seamlessly integrated
into this package and accessible via providers and builders.
Before going into the docs, let's take a small detour to look at how the elements of Stream Chat are structured.
### Basic Structure
There are two core elements in chat, <b>Users and Channels.</b>
There are two core elements in chat, <b>Users</b> and <b>Channels</b>.
Channels are groups of one or more users that can message each other.
In an app, you need to have a user connected to query channels.
There is no specific distinction between a chat between two people and a group chat,
There is no specific distinction between a chat with only two people and a group chat,
but there is a way to create a unique chat between a certain number of people by creating a <b>distinct</b> channel.
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Before reading the docs, consider trying our [online API tour](https://getstream.io/chat/get_started/),
it is a nice way to learn how the API works.
It's in-browser so Javascript-based but the ideas are pretty much the same as Dart.
It's in-browser so you'll need to use Javascript but the core conceps are pretty much the same as Dart.
You may also like to look at the [Flutter tutorial](https://getstream.io/chat/flutter/tutorial/)
which focuses on using the UI package to get Stream Chat integrated into a Flutter app.