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LiveKit

Open-source platform for building real-time audio, video, and AI voice agents with WebRTC

Apache-2.0 Free livekit/livekit · 18K livekit.io Go 5 deploy options Webhooks Mobile App E2E Encryption

Overview

End-to-end realtime stack for connecting humans and AI An open source framework and developer platform for building, testing, deploying, scaling, and observing agents in production. The project has 18K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under Apache-2.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

  • Scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit)
  • Modern, full-featured client SDKs
  • Built for production, supports JWT authentication
  • Robust networking and connectivity, UDP/TCP/TURN
  • Easy to deploy: single binary, Docker or Kubernetes
  • Advanced features including:
  • speaker detection
  • simulcast
  • end-to-end optimizations
  • selective subscription

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

[!TIP] We recommend installing LiveKit CLI along with the server. It lets you access server APIs, create tokens, and generate test traffic.

The following will install LiveKit’s media server:

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

binary, brew, docker, encryption, helm, kubernetes, mobile app, webhooks.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel
elestio

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo
pikapods

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

  • Webhooks

Security & Privacy

  • Encryption

Mobile & Desktop

  • Mobile App

Category

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