Get started – Get started with Liveblocks, Quill, Yjs, and Svelte

Liveblocks is a realtime collaboration infrastructure for building performant collaborative experiences. Follow the following steps to start adding collaboration to your Svelte application using the APIs from the @liveblocks/yjs package.

Quickstart

1. Install Liveblocks, Yjs, and Quill

   Every Liveblocks package should use the same version.

   $npm install @liveblocks/client @liveblocks/yjs yjs quill quill-cursors y-quill

2. Initialize the liveblocks.config.ts file

   We can use this file later to define types for our application.

   $npx create-liveblocks-app@latest --init --framework javascript

3. Set up your collaborative Quill text editor

   Editor.svelte

   <script>import { onMount, onDestroy } from "svelte";import { createClient } from "@liveblocks/client";import { LiveblocksYjsProvider } from "@liveblocks/yjs";import * as Y from "yjs";import Quill from "quill";import { QuillBinding } from "y-quill";import QuillCursors from "quill-cursors";
   let element;
   // Set up Liveblocks clientconst client = createClient({  publicApiKey: "pk_prod_xxxx…xxxxxxpk_prod_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",});
   onMount(() => {  // Enter a multiplayer room  const { room, leave } = client.enterRoom("my-room");
     // Set up Yjs document, shared text, and Liveblocks Yjs provider  const yDoc = new Y.Doc();  const yText = yDoc.getText("quill");  const yProvider = new LiveblocksYjsProvider(room, yDoc);
     // Attach cursors plugin  Quill.register("modules/cursors", QuillCursors);
     // Set up Quill editor and modules  const quill = new Quill(element, {    placeholder: "Start collaborating…",    theme: "snow",    modules: {      cursors: true,      toolbar: [        [{ header: [1, 2, false] }],        ["bold", "italic", "underline"],        ["code-block"],      ],      history: {        // Local undo shouldn’t undo changes made by other users        userOnly: true,      },    },  });
     // Attach Yjs to Quill  const binding = new QuillBinding(yText, quill, yProvider.awareness);
     return () => {    binding.destroy();    leave();  };});</script>
   <div bind:this={element}></div>

4. Next: set up authentication

   By default, Liveblocks is configured to work without an authentication endpoint where everyone automatically has access to rooms. This approach is great for prototyping and marketing pages where setting up your own security isn’t always required. If you want to limit access to a room for certain users, you’ll need to set up an authentication endpoint to enable permissions.

   Set up authentication

What to read next

Congratulations! You now have set up the foundation for your collaborative Quill text editor inside your Svelte application.

• @liveblocks/yjs API Reference
• @liveblocks/client API Reference
• Quill website