# API for Synchrony or websocket server on Forge

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/api-for-synchrony-or-websocket-server-on-forge/79421>\
**Category:** Confluence Cloud\
**Tags:** custom-ui, forge\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/api-for-synchrony-or-websocket-server-on-forge/79421 "2024-04-24T20:59:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![StaffanDevelop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@StaffanDevelop](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/StaffanDevelop)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/api-for-synchrony-or-websocket-server-on-forge/79421/1 "2024-04-24T20:59:35Z")

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Hi!

I would like to offer real time collaboration to users in my custom UI confluence app but avoid hosting my own websocket server, keeping all data in the Atlassian space.

I saw that [https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/collaborative-editing/#the-synchrony-api](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/collaborative-editing/#the-synchrony-api) was a thing which would have been nice to use. Anyone knows if there are any plans to expose APIs for plugins on connect/forge?

Otherwise is it seems like running a websocket server on Forge should be allowed [Are websockets supported in Forge custom UI?](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/are-websockets-supported-in-forge-custom-ui/62023) anyone successfully done so?