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What is Pipecat?

Latest launch BSD-2-Clause

Summary

Open-source BSD-2-Clause Python framework from Daily and the community for real-time voice and multimodal agents, built from composable pipelines.

Category
Voice agents
Open source
Yes
License
BSD-2-Clause
Pricing
Not stated in the sources on this page.
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Pipecat is described on its site as an "Open-source framework for voice and multimodal conversational AI." The GitHub repository lists topics including voice, voice-assistant and real-time. See the voice agents category for related tools.

This hub was created with the Pipecat 1.13.0 launch, published on October 19, 2026, which adds file and image input through an RTVI send-file message.

Latest release covered: Pipecat 1.15.0, October 29, 2026, which adds alpha expressive conversation and makes multiple stop strategies agree before a turn ends. For a side-by-side with LiveKit's framework, read Pipecat vs LiveKit Agents.

Pipecat alternatives

Pipecat compared with its alternatives
ToolLicensePricing note
PipecatThis pageOpen-source BSD-2-Clause Python framework from Daily and the community for real-time voice and multimodal agents, built from composable pipelines.
BSD-2-ClauseNot stated
LiveKit AgentsOpen-source Apache-2.0 framework for realtime voice AI agents in Python and Node.js. Version 1.8.11 (November 5, 2026) adds inference.responses.LLM and new STT/TTS plugins.
Apache-2.0The framework is Apache-2.0. LiveKit Cloud and third-party speech/LLM providers bill separately; this page does not quote those prices.

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What is Pipecat?

The GitHub repository describes it as an "Open Source framework for voice agents, multimodal apps, and realtime AI. Maintained by Daily and the community."

Is Pipecat open source?

The GitHub API reports a BSD-2-Clause license for the repository.