LiveKit Agents
Build realtime voice AI agents.
In short
- What it is: Voice, 5k+ GitHub stars, licensed Apache-2.0.
- Replaces: Vapi — around $1,188/year saved.
- Installed for: $249 on your own server — you own it, no monthly platform fee.
- Licence: Apache-2.0. MIT/Apache-2.0 — white-label and resell freely.
$1,188
replaces per year
$5,940
saved over 5 years
$249
one-time install (yours forever)
48h
delivery
LiveKit Agents vs the tools it replaces.
| Feature | Commercial tool | LiveKit Agents (self-hosted) |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $99/mo | Your compute only |
| Branding | Vendor brand | Yours |
| Data | Vendor-hosted | On your server |
| Licence | Proprietary | Apache-2.0 |
Replaces
- Vapi — ~$99/mo
Licence posture
Apache-2.0. You can white-label and resell this. We'll brand it as yours.
MIT/Apache-2.0 — white-label and resell freely.
Turn it into a business.
Bundle it into a branded product you sell: install, brand it, charge a setup fee plus a monthly care plan. Because the licence is permissive, you can strip the branding and resell it as your own.
Best for
Install difficulty
medium
The install, step by step.
Provision VPS + Docker
Configure secrets + provider keys
Database + storage setup
Branding + domain
HTTPS + backups
Smoke test + handover
Watch a LiveKit Agents install.
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Install LiveKit Agents — $249.
Flat fee, delivered in 24–48 hours, on your own server, with HTTPS, backups and the AI keys wired.
LiveKit Agents: common questions
What does LiveKit Agents replace?
Vapi — about $1,188 a year in subscriptions you stop paying.
How much does it cost to run LiveKit Agents?
No licence fee — it ships under Apache-2.0. You pay only for your own server and any model/API keys. We install, harden and hand it over for a one-time $249.
Can I white-label and resell LiveKit Agents?
You can white-label and resell this. We'll brand it as yours. MIT/Apache-2.0 — white-label and resell freely.
How hard is the install, and how long does it take?
We rate it medium. Delivered in 24–48 hours on your own server, with HTTPS, backups and the AI keys wired.
What do I actually own after installing LiveKit Agents?
The running app, your data and the brand. No monthly platform fee and no per-seat pricing — you own it outright.
Other repos people install with LiveKit Agents.
Piper
Fast, local neural text-to-speech.
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VoiceCoqui TTS
Deep-learning text-to-speech toolkit.
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VoiceWhisper.cpp
High-performance Whisper speech-to-text in C++.
MIT · 40k+★
Voicefaster-whisper
A faster Whisper implementation.
MIT · 13k+★
VoiceOpenVoice
Instant voice cloning and cross-lingual TTS.
MIT · 32k+★
VoicePipecat
A framework for voice and multimodal agents.
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