diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a436fb..9c234d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 | security  | jwts, nacl, TBD | tokens, secrets, and certs |
 | server    | grpc            | build backend servers      |
 | store     | cockroach       | data persistence           |
-| streams   | TBD             | asynchronous communication |
+| streams   | custom          | asynchronous communication |
 | telemetry | memory          | logs, metrics, and traces  |
diff --git a/streams/custom/streams.go b/streams/custom/streams.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb9d5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streams/custom/streams.go
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package custom
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/client"
+	pb "github.com/w-h-a/pkg/proto/streams"
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/streams"
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/telemetry/log"
+)
+
+const (
+	OrderCreated   = "order:created"
+	OrderCancelled = "order:cancelled"
+	OrderExpired   = "order:expired"
+	PaymentCreated = "payment:created"
+)
+
+type customStream struct {
+	options streams.StreamsOptions
+	streams client.Client
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) Options() streams.StreamsOptions {
+	return s.options
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) Subscribe(id string, opts ...streams.SubscribeOption) error {
+	options := streams.NewSubscribeOptions(opts...)
+
+	req := s.streams.NewRequest(
+		client.RequestWithNamespace("wha-platform-resource"),
+		client.RequestWithPort(8081),
+		client.RequestWithName("streams"),
+		client.RequestWithMethod("Stream.Subscribe"),
+		client.RequestWithUnmarshaledRequest(
+			&pb.SubscribeRequest{
+				Id:         id,
+				Group:      options.Group,
+				Topic:      options.Topic,
+				AckWait:    options.AckWait.Nanoseconds(),
+				RetryLimit: int64(options.RetryLimit),
+				Offset:     options.Offset.Unix(),
+			},
+		),
+	)
+
+	rsp := &pb.SubscribeResponse{}
+
+	if err := s.streams.Call(context.Background(), req, rsp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) Unsubscribe(id string) error {
+	req := s.streams.NewRequest(
+		client.RequestWithNamespace("wha-platform-resource"),
+		client.RequestWithPort(8081),
+		client.RequestWithName("streams"),
+		client.RequestWithMethod("Stream.Unsubscribe"),
+		client.RequestWithUnmarshaledRequest(
+			&pb.UnsubscribeRequest{
+				Id: id,
+			},
+		),
+	)
+
+	rsp := &pb.UnsubscribeResponse{}
+
+	if err := s.streams.Call(context.Background(), req, rsp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) Consume(id string) (streams.Subscriber, error) {
+	pbReq := &pb.ConsumeRequest{
+		Id: id,
+	}
+
+	req := s.streams.NewRequest(
+		client.RequestWithNamespace("wha-platform-resource"),
+		client.RequestWithPort(8081),
+		client.RequestWithName("streams"),
+		client.RequestWithMethod("Stream.Consume"),
+		client.RequestWithUnmarshaledRequest(pbReq),
+	)
+
+	stream, err := s.streams.Stream(context.Background(), req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := stream.Send(pbReq); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sub := NewSubscriber()
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			var ev pb.Event
+
+			if err := stream.Recv(&ev); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("failed to receive event from stream: %v", err)
+				sub.Close()
+				stream.Close()
+				return
+			}
+
+			event := &streams.Event{
+				Id:        ev.Id,
+				Topic:     ev.Topic,
+				Payload:   ev.Payload,
+				Timestamp: time.Unix(ev.Timestamp, 0),
+				Metadata:  ev.Metadata,
+			}
+
+			cpy := *event
+
+			cpy.SetAck(Ack(stream, sub, cpy))
+			cpy.SetNack(Nack(stream, sub, cpy))
+
+			sub.Channel() <- cpy
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return sub, nil
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) Produce(topic string, data interface{}, opts ...streams.ProduceOption) error {
+	options := streams.NewProduceOptions(opts...)
+
+	var bytes []byte
+
+	if p, ok := data.([]byte); ok {
+		bytes = p
+	} else {
+		p, err := json.Marshal(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return streams.ErrEncodingData
+		}
+		bytes = p
+	}
+
+	req := s.streams.NewRequest(
+		client.RequestWithNamespace("wha-platform-resource"),
+		client.RequestWithPort(8081),
+		client.RequestWithName("streams"),
+		client.RequestWithMethod("Stream.Produce"),
+		client.RequestWithUnmarshaledRequest(
+			&pb.ProduceRequest{
+				Topic:    topic,
+				Payload:  bytes,
+				Metadata: options.Metadata,
+			},
+		),
+	)
+
+	rsp := &pb.ProduceResponse{}
+
+	if err := s.streams.Call(options.Context, req, rsp); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *customStream) String() string {
+	return "custom"
+}
+
+func NewStreams(c client.Client) streams.Streams {
+	o := streams.NewStreamsOptions()
+	return &customStream{o, c}
+}
diff --git a/streams/custom/subscriber.go b/streams/custom/subscriber.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2b2cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streams/custom/subscriber.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package custom
+
+import (
+	pb "github.com/w-h-a/pkg/proto/streams"
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/streams"
+)
+
+type customSubscriber struct {
+	options streams.SubscribeOptions
+	channel chan streams.Event
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) Options() streams.SubscribeOptions {
+	return s.options
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) Channel() chan streams.Event {
+	return s.channel
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) Close() {
+	close(s.channel)
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) Ack(ev streams.Event) interface{} {
+	return &pb.AckRequest{Id: ev.Id, Success: true}
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) Nack(ev streams.Event) interface{} {
+	return &pb.AckRequest{Id: ev.Id, Success: false}
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) SetAttempts(c int, ev streams.Event) {
+
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) GetAttempts(ev streams.Event) (int, bool) {
+	return 0, true
+}
+
+func (s *customSubscriber) String() string {
+	return "custom"
+}
+
+func NewSubscriber(opts ...streams.SubscribeOption) streams.Subscriber {
+	options := streams.NewSubscribeOptions(opts...)
+
+	s := &customSubscriber{
+		options: options,
+		channel: make(chan streams.Event),
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/streams/custom/utils.go b/streams/custom/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c30cca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streams/custom/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package custom
+
+import (
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/w-h-a/pkg/streams"
+)
+
+func Ack(s client.Stream, sub streams.Subscriber, event streams.Event) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		return s.Send(sub.Ack(event))
+	}
+}
+
+func Nack(s client.Stream, sub streams.Subscriber, event streams.Event) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		return s.Send(sub.Nack(event))
+	}
+}