LiveKit

Build AI-powered agents that participate in live sessions.

Real-time speech-to-text transcription powered by AI models.

Complete server-side API for room and participant management.

Set maximum participant counts and bandwidth limits per room.

Create, manage, and configure rooms with granular permission controls.

Pre-configured room settings for common use cases.

Cloud-based dashboard for monitoring room usage and quality metrics.

Real-time metrics on connection quality, bandwidth, and codec performance.

Stream crystal-clear audio with noise suppression and echo cancellation.

High-quality Opus codec with automatic bandwidth adaptation.

3D audio positioning for immersive multi-user experiences.

Automatic detection of active speakers for UI updates and tracking.

Share screens with high-quality video encoding and low latency.

Optional database integration for storing room and participant history.

Store and sync custom metadata for participants across connections.

Persist and manage custom data associated with each room.

Send real-time data messages between participants with reliable delivery.

Official Docker images for easy self-hosted deployment.

Open-source reference implementation for testing and learning.

Comprehensive logging and network debugging tools for development.

Deploy servers across multiple geographic regions for reduced latency.

Ingest external media sources like RTMP streams into rooms.

Export room streams to external services like YouTube, RTMP, or files.

Real-time event notifications for room and participant state changes.

Advanced ICE candidate handling for NAT traversal and firewall crossing.

Built-in TURN server support for reliable connectivity.

Real-time bandwidth measurement for optimal quality selection.

Participants subscribe to specific tracks based on their network conditions.

Define custom video layouts for room egress and composition.

Record sessions in multiple formats with automatic transcoding and storage.

Webhooks for recording start, stop, and completion events.

Automatic reconnection with session recovery on network interruption.

SDKs for JavaScript, React, iOS, Android, Flutter, and more.

Official SDKs for Go, Python, Node.js, Ruby, and Java.

JWT-based authentication and fine-grained access control per room.

Control publish, subscribe, and can-publish-data permissions per user.

End-to-end encryption support with TLS and optional DTLS.

Support for VP8, VP9, H.264, and AV1 video codecs.

Generate synthetic video tracks from images or rendered content.

Publish high-quality video streams with adaptive bitrate and codec selection.

Send multiple quality streams simultaneously for adaptive bitrate playback.