LiveKit Agents.
A realtime agent framework built around programmable participants, open WebRTC clients, model plugins, turn detection, and media rooms.
What you are adopting
Repository and documentation checked 2026-07-17. Always re-check license and release activity before adoption.
When LiveKit Agents belongs on the shortlist
The strongest framework is the one that matches your ownership boundary, not the one with the longest provider list.
Best fit
Voice products that also need browser, mobile, video, or multi-participant realtime media.
Operational trade-off
The framework is open source, while managed LiveKit Cloud usage and third-party models are separately billed.
Cost model
Open-source code does not make the full call free. Budget separately for speech models, language models, telephony, phone numbers, recording, storage, observability, compute, support, and the engineering time needed to keep a realtime service healthy.
Inspect the project directly
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