Is Meerkat's API an open platform for developers?

Today, Meerkat is legitimizing those developers by launching an official developer platform and APIs that it promises to never take away. By becoming a platform, Meerkat could allow outside developers to build tools for a much wider variety of use cases than its small, independent team build spawn itself. read more

According to a podcast with their founder Ben Rubin on"The Growth Show" they have an open api. Although finding it on google search isnt easy. There was a github repo that explains the api endpoints, and a go library for the api. read more

Developers can find Meerkat's API here and the company has also released a set of guidelines for prospective developers, including best practices like"don't enable anonymous watching," and"give broadcasters the ability to opt-in to saved streams." For Meerkat, the move to open up its platform comes at an important time for the company. read more