LiveKit
The open source platform for real-time communication
LiveKit is free, open source infrastructure for building and scaling real-time audio and video experiences in your applications. Use our APIs to easily build audio-only spaces, live classrooms, in-game video chat, collaborative screen sharing, and more.
Reviews for LiveKit
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LiveKit earns praise for reliability, low latency, and strong developer ergonomics. Makers of Inworld, Talo, and April highlight seamless voice routing, quick setup, and startup-friendly pricing; others note managed WebRTC that “just works,” helpful Slack support, and scalable infra for small teams. Users appreciate modular open source design, intuitive onboarding, and flexible APIs for customization. A few ask about handling poor networks and AV sync, but overall sentiment is highly positive.
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Easiest and the most reliable way to implement the voice AI agent!
versatile and dev friendly platform to build voice infra.
LiveKit is the invisible backbone for our real-time calls. Their infra just works: low-latency, rock-solid, and developer-friendly. Instead of reinventing media servers, we get to focus on building great products.
What we use it for: Orbit live audio rooms and real-time comms. Why we like it better than alternatives:
Open-source flexibility with excellent voice quality and low latency.
Clean server APIs and web/mobile SDKs; easy to extend with moderation.
More controllable costs vs. closed RTC platforms at scale.
CaddyChat uses LiveKit for the voice AI infrastructure and helped speed up our development time drastically.
We use LiveKit to handle real-time audio and video interactions in giveinterview.com. Its open-source platform allows us to reliably connect candidates and AI interviewers in real time. Compared to other communication solutions, LiveKit offers low latency, scalability, and flexibility, which is essential for smooth, interactive interviews.
LiveKit has a lot of features and allowed us to setup scalable infrastructure for our voice agents.
Love that it’s open source and modular enough to plug into anything. I'm curious, how are teams typically handling edge cases like poor network conditions or audio sync issues with LiveKit out of the box?
We chose LiveKit for its developer-friendly APIs and seamless WebRTC integration. It powers the real-time video calls in our mock interviews, making the experience more human and immersive. Unlike other RTC platforms, LiveKit gave us full control without sacrificing scalability or quality.” — D. Saiteja, Co-founder of NextInterview
We use LiveKit as the orchestrator for everything voice-related in our platform — from real-time conversations to AI-driven phone calls. It handles signaling, session management, and audio streaming across our voice AI and telephony systems. The flexibility and performance have been critical to delivering reliable, low-latency voice experiences. Thanks to the LiveKit team for building an infrastructure layer we can trust.