What is LiveKit Agents?
Latest launch Apache-2.0
Summary
LiveKit Agents is an open source framework for building realtime voice AI agents in Python and Node.js.
- Category
- Voice agents
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Pricing
- Not stated in the sources on this page.
LiveKit Agents is a framework that, per its documentation, lets you add any Python or Node.js program to LiveKit rooms as full realtime participants, with an STT-LLM-TTS pipeline, turn detection and plugins for major AI providers.
This hub was created with the dated launch LiveKit Agents 1.8.6, released October 9, 2026. See more tools in the voice agents category.
LiveKit Agents alternatives
| Tool | License | Pricing note |
|---|---|---|
LiveKit AgentsThis pageLiveKit Agents is an open source framework for building realtime voice AI agents in Python and Node.js. | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
MastraTypeScript agent framework. Mastra Code is the terminal agent; AgentController is the extracted loop, in @mastra/core 1.47.0 or later. | Open source | Mastra Code and AgentController are announced as open source. No license fee is stated in the posts we cited. |
OpenHandsMIT-licensed project to build and run AI coding agents: start locally, automate workflows, use any model. | MIT | The OpenHands repository is MIT-licensed. Hosted plans are not priced on this page. |
AgnoAgno is an orchestration and service layer for agents, exposing them through a REST API and an MCP server. | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
adk-pythonAn open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating and deploying AI agents. | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
Launches and updates
LiveKit Agents 1.8.6 adds Sarvam TTS and Nabrah STT
LiveKit AgentsLiveKit Agents 1.8.6, released October 9, 2026, adds Sarvam, Nabrah, Speechify and Cerebras updates plus fixes for voice and IPC.
Category: Voice agents
Pricing: Open source
Questions
What is LiveKit Agents?
Its documentation says the framework lets you add Python or Node.js programs to LiveKit rooms as realtime participants, and the repository describes it as a framework for building realtime voice AI agents.
Is LiveKit Agents open source?
Yes. The documentation says the framework is open source under the Apache 2.0 license, and the GitHub API reports Apache-2.0.
Where can agents be deployed?
The documentation says agents can be deployed to LiveKit Cloud or any custom environment.