LiveKit

LiveKit is an open-source WebRTC platform with a managed Cloud offering. APIs cover Rooms, Participants, Tracks, Egress (recording, RTMP), Ingress (RTMP/SRT), SIP (telephony), and Agents (LLM voice agents). The server APIs use Twirp (HTTP+Protobuf); SDKs are available for major languages and frameworks. Authentication via JWT room tokens.

LiveKit publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Signaling Protocol (WebSocket). Tagged areas include Realtime, WebRTC, Audio, Video, and Open Source.

The LiveKit catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

LiveKit’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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42.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

6 APIs

RealtimeWebRTCAudioVideoOpen SourceAI AgentsVoiceCloud

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Composite quality — 42.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 12.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 5.7 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Livekit Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

License

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: livekit
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/livekit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: LiveKit
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/livekit.png
tags:
- Realtime
- WebRTC
- Audio
- Video
- Open Source
- AI Agents
- Voice
- Cloud
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-29'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: LiveKit is an open-source WebRTC platform with a managed Cloud offering. APIs cover Rooms, Participants, Tracks,
  Egress (recording, RTMP), Ingress (RTMP/SRT), SIP (telephony), and Agents (LLM voice agents). The server APIs use Twirp
  (HTTP+Protobuf); SDKs are available for major languages and frameworks. Authentication via JWT room tokens.
apis:
- aid: livekit:room-service-api
  name: LiveKit RoomService API
  tags:
  - WebRTC
  - Rooms
  - Participants
  - Tracks
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://your-project.livekit.cloud
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/reference/server-apis/
  description: Server-side Twirp API for managing rooms, participants, tracks, mute/unmute, and metadata.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/reference/server-apis/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/livekit/protocol
  x-features:
  - Twirp + Protobuf
  - Manage rooms and participants
  - Mute / track operations
  x-use-cases:
  - Video conferencing
  - Voice apps
- aid: livekit:egress-api
  name: LiveKit Egress API
  tags:
  - Recording
  - RTMP
  - HLS
  - Streaming
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://your-project.livekit.cloud
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/home/egress/overview/
  description: Record rooms or stream them to RTMP / HLS endpoints; output to S3, GCS, Azure Blob.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/home/egress/overview/
  x-features:
  - Composite or track-level recording
  - RTMP / HLS streaming
  - S3 / GCS / Azure Blob outputs
  x-use-cases:
  - Session recordings
  - Live streaming to social platforms
- aid: livekit:ingress-api
  name: LiveKit Ingress API
  tags:
  - RTMP
  - SRT
  - Whip
  - Ingress
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://your-project.livekit.cloud
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/home/ingress/overview/
  description: Pull RTMP, SRT, or WHIP streams into LiveKit rooms.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/home/ingress/overview/
  x-features:
  - RTMP, SRT, WHIP ingress
  - Bring external streams into a room
  x-use-cases:
  - OBS / studio software live streaming
  - Multi-source production
- aid: livekit:sip-api
  name: LiveKit SIP (Telephony) API
  tags:
  - SIP
  - Telephony
  - PSTN
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://your-project.livekit.cloud
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/home/sip/overview/
  description: SIP integration for inbound and outbound PSTN calls bridged into LiveKit rooms.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/home/sip/overview/
  x-features:
  - Inbound and outbound SIP
  - PSTN bridging
  - DTMF passthrough
  x-use-cases:
  - Phone-to-app voice
  - Conference dial-in
- aid: livekit:signaling-api
  name: LiveKit Signaling Protocol (WebSocket)
  tags:
  - WebSocket
  - Signaling
  - WebRTC
  - Protobuf
  - AsyncAPI
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: wss://your-project.livekit.cloud/rtc
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/reference/internals/client-protocol/
  description: Bi-directional WebSocket signaling protocol used by LiveKit clients to coordinate WebRTC sessions with the
    SFU. Clients send `SignalRequest` protobuf messages and receive `SignalResponse` protobuf messages over a single `/rtc`
    WebSocket connection.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/reference/internals/client-protocol/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/livekit/protocol
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/livekit-asyncapi.yml
  x-features:
  - WebSocket signaling at /rtc
  - Protocol Buffers (SignalRequest / SignalResponse)
  - Trickle ICE, simulcast, subscription management
  - Data tracks and reliable / lossy data packets
  x-use-cases:
  - LiveKit client SDK implementations
  - Custom signaling clients / agents
  - Protocol-level observability and testing
- aid: livekit:agents-api
  name: LiveKit Agents API
  tags:
  - AI
  - Voice Agents
  - LLM
  - STT
  - TTS
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://your-project.livekit.cloud
  humanURL: https://docs.livekit.io/agents/
  description: Framework and runtime for voice / multimodal AI agents that join LiveKit rooms; integrates with LLM, STT, and
    TTS providers.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.livekit.io/agents/
  x-features:
  - Voice / multimodal agents
  - LLM / STT / TTS plugin model
  - Cloud-managed agent deployment
  x-use-cases:
  - AI voice assistants
  - Customer support voice agents
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/livekit-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/livekit-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/livekit-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/livekitco
- type: Portal
  url: https://livekit.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.livekit.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://livekit.io/pricing
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/livekit
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/livekit/livekit/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Plans
  url: plans/livekit-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/livekit-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/livekit-finops.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.livekit.io/llms.txt
- url: https://livekit.io/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

LiveKit

Kin Score

APIs 6

LiveKit RoomService API

LiveKit Egress API

LiveKit Ingress API

LiveKit SIP (Telephony) API

LiveKit Signaling Protocol (WebSocket)

LiveKit Agents API

Pricing Plans 1

Livekit Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Livekit Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Livekit Finops

Event Specifications 1

LiveKit Signaling Protocol

Spectral Rules 1

LiveKit API Rules

Security Posture 3

Livekit Domain Security

Livekit Vulnerability Disclosure

Livekit Trust Center

Resources