https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat
Open Source framework for voice and multimodal conversational AI
https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat
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Open Source framework for voice and multimodal conversational AI
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat
- Owner: pipecat-ai
- License: bsd-2-clause
- Created: 2023-12-27T12:59:00.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-06T01:13:11.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-06T01:19:41.426Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: ai, chatbot-framework, chatbots, real-time, voice, voice-assistant
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 75.8 MB
- Stars: 5,907
- Watchers: 49
- Forks: 734
- Open Issues: 177
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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# 🎙️ Pipecat: Real-Time Voice & Multimodal AI Agents
**Pipecat** is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents. Orchestrate audio and video, AI services, different transports, and conversation pipelines effortlessly—so you can focus on what makes your agent unique.
> Want to dive right in? Try the [quickstart](https://docs.pipecat.ai/getting-started/quickstart).
## 🚀 What You Can Build
- **Voice Assistants** – natural, streaming conversations with AI
- **AI Companions** – coaches, meeting assistants, characters
- **Multimodal Interfaces** – voice, video, images, and more
- **Interactive Storytelling** – creative tools with generative media
- **Business Agents** – customer intake, support bots, guided flows
- **Complex Dialog Systems** – design logic with structured conversations
## 🧠 Why Pipecat?
- **Voice-first**: Integrates speech recognition, text-to-speech, and conversation handling
- **Pluggable**: Supports many AI services and tools
- **Composable Pipelines**: Build complex behavior from modular components
- **Real-Time**: Ultra-low latency interaction with different transports (e.g. WebSockets or WebRTC)
## 🌐 Pipecat Ecosystem
### 📱 Client SDKs
Building client applications? You can connect to Pipecat from any platform using our official SDKs:
JavaScript | React | React Native |
Swift | Kotlin | C++ | ESP32
### 🧭 Structured conversations
Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
### 🪄 Beautiful UIs
Want to build beautiful and engaging experiences? Checkout the [Voice UI Kit](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/voice-ui-kit), a collection of components, hooks and templates for building voice AI applications quickly.
### 🛠️ Create and deploy projects
Create a new project in under a minute with the [Pipecat CLI](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-cli). Then use the CLI to monitor and deploy your agent to production.
### 🔍 Debugging
Looking for help debugging your pipeline and processors? Check out [Whisker](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/whisker), a real-time Pipecat debugger.
### 🖥️ Terminal
Love terminal applications? Check out [Tail](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/tail), a terminal dashboard for Pipecat.
### 📺️ Pipecat TV Channel
Catch new features, interviews, and how-tos on our [Pipecat TV](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzU2zoMTQIHjqC3v4q2XVSR3hGSzwKFwH) channel.
## 🎬 See it in action
## 🧩 Available services
| Category | Services |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Speech-to-Text | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/assemblyai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/elevenlabs), [Fal Wizper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/fal), [Gladia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/gladia), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/google), [Gradium](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/gradium), [Groq (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/groq), [Hathora](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/hathora), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/riva), [OpenAI (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/openai), [SambaNova (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/sambanova), [Sarvam](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/sarvam), [Soniox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/soniox), [Speechmatics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/speechmatics), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/whisper) |
| LLMs | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/anthropic), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/azure), [Cerebras](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/cerebras), [DeepSeek](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/deepseek), [Fireworks AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/fireworks), [Gemini](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/gemini), [Grok](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/grok), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/groq), [Mistral](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/mistral), [NVIDIA NIM](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/nim), [Ollama](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/ollama), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openai), [OpenRouter](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/openrouter), [Perplexity](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/perplexity), [Qwen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/qwen), [SambaNova](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/sambanova) [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/together) |
| Text-to-Speech | [Async](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/asyncai), [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/azure), [Camb AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/camb), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/elevenlabs), [Fish](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fish), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/google), [Gradium](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/gradium), [Groq](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/groq), [Hathora](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/hathora), [Hume](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/hume), [Inworld](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/inworld), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/lmnt), [MiniMax](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/minimax), [Neuphonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/neuphonic), [NVIDIA Riva](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/riva), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/openai), [Piper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/piper), [PlayHT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/playht), [Resemble](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/resemble), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/rime), [Sarvam](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/sarvam), [Speechmatics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/speechmatics), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/xtts) |
| Speech-to-Speech | [AWS Nova Sonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/aws), [Gemini Multimodal Live](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/gemini), [Grok Voice Agent](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/grok), [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/openai), [Ultravox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/ultravox), |
| Transport | [Daily (WebRTC)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/daily), [FastAPI Websocket](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/fastapi-websocket), [SmallWebRTCTransport](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/small-webrtc), [WebSocket Server](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/transport/websocket-server), Local |
| Serializers | [Exotel](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/exotel), [Plivo](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/plivo), [Twilio](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/twilio), [Telnyx](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/telnyx), [Vonage](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/serializers/vonage) |
| Video | [HeyGen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/heygen), [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/tavus), [Simli](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/simli) |
| Memory | [mem0](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/memory/mem0) |
| Vision & Image | [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Google Imagen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/google-imagen), [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/vision/moondream) |
| Audio Processing | [Silero VAD](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/silero-vad-analyzer), [Krisp](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/krisp-filter), [Koala](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/koala-filter), [ai-coustics](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/aic-filter) |
| Analytics & Metrics | [OpenTelemetry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/opentelemetry), [Sentry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/sentry) |
📚 [View full services documentation →](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/supported-services)
## ⚡ Getting started
You can get started with Pipecat running on your local machine, then move your agent processes to the cloud when you're ready.
1. Install uv
```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
```
> **Need help?** Refer to the [uv install documentation](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/).
2. Install the module
```bash
# For new projects
uv init my-pipecat-app
cd my-pipecat-app
uv add pipecat-ai
# Or for existing projects
uv add pipecat-ai
```
3. Set up your environment
```bash
cp env.example .env
```
4. To keep things lightweight, only the core framework is included by default. If you need support for third-party AI services, you can add the necessary dependencies with:
```bash
uv add "pipecat-ai[option,...]"
```
> **Using pip?** You can still use `pip install pipecat-ai` and `pip install "pipecat-ai[option,...]"` to get set up.
## 🧪 Code examples
- [Foundational](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/tree/main/examples/foundational) — small snippets that build on each other, introducing one or two concepts at a time
- [Example apps](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-examples) — complete applications that you can use as starting points for development
## 🛠️ Contributing to the framework
### Prerequisites
**Minimum Python Version:** 3.10
**Recommended Python Version:** 3.12
### Setup Steps
1. Clone the repository and navigate to it:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat.git
cd pipecat
```
2. Install development and testing dependencies:
```bash
uv sync --group dev --all-extras \
--no-extra gstreamer \
--no-extra krisp \
--no-extra local \
```
3. Install the git pre-commit hooks:
```bash
uv run pre-commit install
```
> **Note**: Some extras (local, gstreamer) require system dependencies. See documentation if you encounter build errors.
### Running tests
To run all tests, from the root directory:
```bash
uv run pytest
```
Run a specific test suite:
```bash
uv run pytest tests/test_name.py
```
## 🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're fixing bugs, improving documentation, or adding new features, here's how you can help:
- **Found a bug?** Open an [issue](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/issues)
- **Have a feature idea?** Start a [discussion](https://discord.gg/pipecat)
- **Want to contribute code?** Check our [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) guide
- **Documentation improvements?** [Docs](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/docs) PRs are always welcome
Before submitting a pull request, please check existing issues and PRs to avoid duplicates.
We aim to review all contributions promptly and provide constructive feedback to help get your changes merged.
## 🛟 Getting help
➡️ [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/pipecat)
➡️ [Read the docs](https://docs.pipecat.ai)
➡️ [Reach us on X](https://x.com/pipecat_ai)