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title: Overview · Cloudflare Realtime docs
description: Cloudflare Realtime SFU is infrastructure for real-time
  audio/video/data applications. It allows you to build real-time apps without
  worrying about scaling or regions. It can act as a selective forwarding unit
  (WebRTC SFU), as a fanout delivery system for broadcasting (WebRTC CDN) or
  anything in between.
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Build real-time serverless video, audio and data applications.

Cloudflare Realtime SFU is infrastructure for real-time audio/video/data applications. It allows you to build real-time apps without worrying about scaling or regions. It can act as a selective forwarding unit (WebRTC SFU), as a fanout delivery system for broadcasting (WebRTC CDN) or anything in between.

Cloudflare Realtime SFU runs on [Cloudflare's global cloud network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) in hundreds of cities worldwide.

[Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/realtime/sfu/get-started/)

[Realtime dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/calls)

[Orange Meets demo app](https://github.com/cloudflare/orange)
