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 is listed with 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Signaling Protocol (WebSocket), and 5 more. Tagged areas include Real-Time, 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 10 more developer resources.

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33.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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Real-Time WebRTC Audio Video Open Source AI Agents Voice Cloud

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Composite quality — 33.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.3 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17

Access Clarity 4.5 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 6.8 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 21.4 — up to +15.7 composite points
Access Clarity scores 26.3 — up to +14.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 43.8 — up to +14.1 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Hugging Face Hub Organisations	coverage	47.7	-	-
Buf Schema Registry (public Protocol Buffers modules, gRPC / ConnectRPC schema publishers)	coverage	47.7	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

AsyncAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

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

LiveKit RoomService API

Server-side Twirp API for managing rooms, participants, tracks, mute/unmute, and metadata.

LiveKit Egress API

Record rooms or stream them to RTMP / HLS endpoints; output to S3, GCS, Azure Blob.

LiveKit Ingress API

Pull RTMP, SRT, or WHIP streams into LiveKit rooms.

LiveKit SIP (Telephony) API

SIP integration for inbound and outbound PSTN calls bridged into LiveKit rooms.

LiveKit Signaling Protocol (WebSocket)

Bi-directional WebSocket signaling protocol used by LiveKit clients to coordinate WebRTC sessions with the SFU. Clients send `SignalRequest` protobuf messages and receive `Signa...

LiveKit Agents API

Framework and runtime for voice / multimodal AI agents that join LiveKit rooms; integrates with LLM, STT, and TTS providers.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

LiveKit MCP Server

Remote MCP server at docs.livekit.io over HTTP.

MCP SERVER

LiveKit API pricing

Not yet checked against LiveKit's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 from livekit.io/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Self-host (OSS) open	Free
Cloud Build (Free) freemium	Free
Cloud Ship (Production) subscription	—
Cloud Scale (Enterprise) enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Participants per room (typical default): 1000 concurrent participants
Simultaneous Egress jobs (typical): 25 concurrent jobs
Agents concurrent sessions (typical): 100 concurrent sessions

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against LiveKit's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Livekit Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

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.

Livekit Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

LiveKit Signaling Protocol

AsyncAPI description of LiveKit's signaling WebSocket protocol. LiveKit clients connect to a LiveKit server (Cloud or self-hosted) over a WebSocket at the `/rtc` endpoint. Once ...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

LiveKit — asyncapi rules

6 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Livekit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Livekit Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Livekit Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Resources

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 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

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
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - livekit/protocol
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/livekit.png
tags:
- Real-Time
- WebRTC
- Audio
- Video
- Open Source
- AI Agents
- Voice
- Cloud
tags_raw:
- Realtime
- WebRTC
- Audio
- Video
- Open Source
- AI Agents
- Voice
- Cloud
- Open-Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Voice Agents
  - LLM
  - STT
  - Text-to-Speech
  tags_raw:
  - 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: Website
  url: https://livekit.io
- 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 API — frequently asked questions

Does LiveKit have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from LiveKit, including LiveKit RoomService API, LiveKit Egress API and LiveKit Ingress API, and 3 more.

How much does the LiveKit API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for LiveKit, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does LiveKit have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for LiveKit: Remote MCP server at docs.livekit.io over HTTP.

Is the LiveKit API ready for AI agents?

LiveKit has a Kin Score of 33.4 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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