Real-time video and audio
for developers
LiveKit is an open source alternative to Agora or Twilio. Build live video and audio applications using a modern, end-to-end WebRTC stack.
Used by 10,000+ projects and companies including:
Ship and iterate faster
Example apps, purpose-built components, and detailed guides will take you from prototype to production in hours.
1export function App() {2 return (3 <LiveKitRoom4 token={myToken}5 serverUrl="my-app.livekit.cloud"6 connect={true}>7 <VideoConference />8 </LiveKitRoom>9 );10 }
The real-time stack designed for flexibility
By builders. For builders.
Every aspect of LiveKit was architected to be the real-time infrastructure we'd want to use.
Zero vendor lock-in
LiveKit is Apache 2.0 open source. Self-host our infra for free, any time, without changing your app's code.
Community-driven
LiveKit's active community of WebRTC developers help it improve faster than any alternative stack.
Incentive-aligned pricing
We pay cloud providers for bandwidth and compute, you only pay us for the same.
Reliability and scale
LiveKit's novel mesh network design supports 99.99% uptime and sessions with millions of users.
Get started with LiveKit Cloud
LiveKit Cloud is a cloud real-time platform and the fastest way to prototype and ship to production.