LiveKit
End-to-end realtime stack for connecting humans and AI
Our verdict
A usable project with some maintenance caveats. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-10-06, not from hands-on testing.
End-to-end realtime stack for connecting humans and AI. The project is written primarily in Go, released under Apache-2.0, and has 21,304 stars and 2,419 forks on GitHub. 129 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2026-10-06. The latest tagged release is v1.13.8 (2026-10-06). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-10-06 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Reviewed by AI Review Rating from GitHub API data How we score
Repository
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Go
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Releases
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v1.13.8v1.13.8 -
v1.13.7v1.13.7 -
v1.13.6v1.13.6 -
v1.13.5v1.13.5 -
v1.13.4v1.13.4 -
v1.13.3v1.13.3
Pros and cons
Pros
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceApache-2.0
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
LiveKit does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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Price points are recorded when a price moves, not on a schedule, so a flat run means the price held. Release cadence comes from GitHub releases. A series appears only once we have watched it for long enough to have more than one observation.
User reviews
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Questions
Is livekit free?
Yes. livekit advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does livekit cost?
livekit does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is livekit open source?
Yes. livekit is a public repository released under Apache-2.0. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is livekit scored here?
livekit scores 7.2 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.