LiveKit

# LiveKit docs

> LiveKit is a platform for building voice and realtime AI applications. LiveKit Cloud is the hosted commercial offering based on the open-source LiveKit project.

## Overview

LiveKit is an open-source framework and cloud platform for building voice, video, and physical AI agents. It consists of these primary components:

- **LiveKit server**: An open-source WebRTC Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) that orchestrates realtime communication. Use [LiveKit Cloud](https://cloud.livekit.io) or self-host on your own infrastructure.
- **LiveKit Agents framework**: High-level tools for building AI agents in [Python](https://github.com/livekit/agents) or [Node.js](https://github.com/livekit/agents-js), including a [deployment environment](https://docs.livekit.io/agents/ops/deployment.md) for running agents on LiveKit Cloud, a hosted voice AI [inference service](https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models.md#inference), and an extensive [plugin system](https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models.md#plugins) for connecting to a wide range of AI providers.
- A global WebRTC-based realtime media server with [realtime SDKs](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/basics/connect.md) for- [Web](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-js)
- [Swift](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-swift)
- [Android](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-android)
- [Flutter](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-flutter)
- [React Native](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-react-native)
- [Unity](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-unity)
- [Python](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-python)
- [Node.js](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-node)
- [Rust](https://github.com/livekit/rust-sdks)
- [C++](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-cpp)
- [ESP32](https://github.com/livekit/client-sdk-esp32)
- and more
- **Integration services**: [Telephony](https://docs.livekit.io/telephony.md) for connecting to phone networks, [Egress](https://docs.livekit.io/transport/media/ingress-egress/egress.md) for recording and streaming, and [Ingress](https://docs.livekit.io/transport/media/ingress-egress/ingress.md) for external media streams.

For greater detail, see [Intro to LiveKit](https://docs.livekit.io/intro.md).

## Introduction

### Get Started

- [Overview](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/overview.md): The platform for voice, video, and physical AI agents.
- [About LiveKit](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/about.md): An overview of the LiveKit ecosystem.
- [Coding agent support](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/coding-agents.md): Turn your favorite coding agent into a LiveKit expert with access to docs, tools, and best practices.
- [LiveKit 101 video course](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWx-Xa8RhJxXuv8fu2Qz9rj2MPb4qgXir)
- [Community resources](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/community.md): Join an active community of LiveKit developers.

### Understanding LiveKit

- [Overview](https://docs.livekit.io/intro/basics.md): An overview of the core concepts and fundamentals to get started w…