What is LiveKit?
LiveKit is a set of APIs and SDKs which make it easy to build and scale live video and audio features in your application. Use cases include interactive live streaming, video calls, communications in games, and robotics teleoperations.
LiveKit is a tool in the Communications SDK category of a tech stack.
LiveKit is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to LiveKit's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses LiveKit?
Developers
4 developers on StackShare have stated that they use LiveKit.
LiveKit Integrations
JavaScript, Python, Node.js, React, and PHP are some of the popular tools that integrate with LiveKit. Here's a list of all 20 tools that integrate with LiveKit.
LiveKit's Features
- Scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit)
- Modern, full-featured client SDKs
- Built for production, supports JWT authentication
- Robust networking and connectivity, UDP/TCP/TURN
- Cloud-hosted or self-host with single binary, Docker or Kubernetes
- Advanced features include speaker detection, simulcast, adaptive bitrate and dynamic broadcasting, selective subscription, moderation APIs, webhooks, and distributed multi-region configurations
LiveKit Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to LiveKit?
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Agora
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OpenTok
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