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Pipecat is an open source Python framework for building voice and multimodal conversational agents. It handles the complex orchestration of AI services, network transport, audio processing, and multimodal interactions, letting you focus on creating engaging experiences.
# 🎙️ Pipecat: Real-Time Voice & Multimodal AI Agents
## What you can build
**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.
- **Voice Assistants**: [Natural, real-time conversations with AI](https://demo.dailybots.ai/)
- **Interactive Agents**: Personal coaches and meeting assistants
- **Multimodal Apps**: Combine voice, video, images, and text
- **Creative Tools**: [Story-telling experiences](https://storytelling-chatbot.fly.dev/) and social companions
- **Business Solutions**: [Customer intake flows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDevgsp9vn0) and support bots
- **Complex conversational flows**: [Refer to Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) to learn more
## 🚀 What You Can Build
## See it in action
- **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
🧭 Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
## 🧠 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)
## 🎬 See it in action
<p float="left">
<a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/tree/main/examples/simple-chatbot"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/main/examples/simple-chatbot/image.png" width="280" /></a>&nbsp;
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<a href="https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/tree/main/examples/moondream-chatbot"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/main/examples/moondream-chatbot/image.png" width="280" /></a>
</p>
## Key features
## 📱 Client SDKs
- **Voice-first Design**: Built-in speech recognition, TTS, and conversation handling
- **Flexible Integration**: Works with popular AI services (OpenAI, ElevenLabs, etc.)
- **Pipeline Architecture**: Build complex apps from simple, reusable components
- **Real-time Processing**: Frame-based pipeline architecture for fluid interactions
- **Production Ready**: Enterprise-grade WebRTC and Websocket support
You can connect to Pipecat from any platform using our official SDKs:
💡 Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
| Platform | SDK Repo | Description |
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Web | [pipecat-client-web](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-web) | Web client SDK |
| Web transports | [pipecat-client-web-transports](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-web-transports) | Web client transports |
| iOS | [pipecat-client-ios](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios) | Swift package for iOS |
| iOS (P2P WebRTC) | [pipecat-client-ios-small-webrtc](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios-small-webrtc) | iOS transport for P2P WebRTC |
| iOS (Daily) | [pipecat-client-ios-daily](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios-daily) | iOS transport for Daily |
| iOS (OpenAI Realtime) | [pipecat-client-ios-openai-realtime-webrtc](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios-openai-realtime-webrtc) | iOS transport for OpenAI Realtime |
| iOS (Gemini Multimodal Live) | [pipecat-client-ios-gemini-live-websocket](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-ios-gemini-live-websocket) | iOS transport for Gemini Multimodal Live |
| Android | [pipecat-client-android](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-android) | Kotlin SDK for Android |
| Android transports | [pipecat-client-android-transports](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-android-transports) | Android client transports |
| C++ | [pipecat-client-cxx](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-cxx) | C++ client SDK |
| C++ (Daily) | [pipecat-client-cxx-daily](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-cxx-daily) | C++ transport for Daily |
## Getting started
## 🧩 Available services
| Category | Services | Install Command Example |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Speech-to-Text | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/assemblyai), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/azure), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/deepgram), [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), [Groq (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/groq), [OpenAI (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/openai), [Parakeet (NVIDIA)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/parakeet), [Ultravox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/ultravox), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/whisper) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[deepgram]"` |
| LLMs | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/anthropic), [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), [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), [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/together) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[openai]"` |
| Text-to-Speech | [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/azure), [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), [FastPitch (NVIDIA)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fastpitch), [Fish](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fish), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/google), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/lmnt), [Neuphonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/neuphonic), [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), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/rime), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/xtts) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[cartesia]"` |
| Speech-to-Speech | [Gemini Multimodal Live](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/gemini), [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/openai) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[google]"` |
| 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 | `pip install "pipecat-ai[daily]"` |
| Video | [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/tavus), [Simli](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/simli) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[tavus,simli]"` |
| Memory | [mem0](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/memory/mem0) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[mem0]"` |
| Vision & Image | [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Google Imagen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/vision/moondream) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[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), [Noisereduce](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/noisereduce-filter) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[silero]"` |
| Analytics & Metrics | [Canonical AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/canonical), [Sentry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/sentry) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[canonical]"` |
📚 [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. You can also add a 📞 telephone number, 🖼️ image output, 📺 video input, use different LLMs, and more.
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pip install "pipecat-ai[option,...]"
```
### Available services
| Category | Services | Install Command Example |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Speech-to-Text | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/assemblyai), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/azure), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/deepgram), [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), [Groq (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/groq), [OpenAI (Whisper)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/openai), [Parakeet (NVIDIA)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/parakeet), [Ultravox](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/ultravox), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/stt/whisper) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[deepgram]"` |
| LLMs | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/anthropic), [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), [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), [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/llm/together) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[openai]"` |
| Text-to-Speech | [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/azure), [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), [FastPitch (NVIDIA)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fastpitch), [Fish](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/fish), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/google), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/lmnt), [Neuphonic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/neuphonic), [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), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/rime), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/tts/xtts) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[cartesia]"` |
| Speech-to-Speech | [Gemini Multimodal Live](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/gemini), [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/s2s/openai) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[google]"` |
| 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 | `pip install "pipecat-ai[daily]"` |
| Video | [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/tavus), [Simli](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/video/simli) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[tavus,simli]"` |
| Memory | [mem0](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/memory/mem0) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[mem0]"` |
| Vision & Image | [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Google Imagen](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/image-generation/fal), [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/vision/moondream) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[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), [Noisereduce](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/audio/noisereduce-filter) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[silero]"` |
| Analytics & Metrics | [Canonical AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/canonical), [Sentry](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/analytics/sentry) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[canonical]"` |
📚 [View full services documentation →](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/services/supported-services)
## Code examples
## 🧪 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/tree/main/examples/) — complete applications that you can use as starting points for development
## A simple voice agent running locally
Here is a very basic Pipecat bot that greets a user when they join a real-time session. We'll use [Daily](https://daily.co) for real-time media transport, and [Cartesia](https://cartesia.ai/) for text-to-speech.
```python
import asyncio
from pipecat.frames.frames import TextFrame
from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineTask
from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
async def main():
# Use Daily as a real-time media transport (WebRTC)
transport = DailyTransport(
room_url=...,
token="", # leave empty. Note: token is _not_ your api key
bot_name="Bot Name",
params=DailyParams(audio_out_enabled=True))
# Use Cartesia for Text-to-Speech
tts = CartesiaTTSService(
api_key=...,
voice_id=...
)
# Simple pipeline that will process text to speech and output the result
pipeline = Pipeline([tts, transport.output()])
# Create Pipecat processor that can run one or more pipelines tasks
runner = PipelineRunner()
# Assign the task callable to run the pipeline
task = PipelineTask(pipeline)
# Register an event handler to play audio when a
# participant joins the transport WebRTC session
@transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
participant_name = participant.get("info", {}).get("userName", "")
# Queue a TextFrame that will get spoken by the TTS service (Cartesia)
await task.queue_frame(TextFrame(f"Hello there, {participant_name}!"))
# Register an event handler to exit the application when the user leaves.
@transport.event_handler("on_participant_left")
async def on_participant_left(transport, participant, reason):
await task.cancel()
# Run the pipeline task
await runner.run(task)
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
```
Run it with:
```shell
python app.py
```
Daily provides a prebuilt WebRTC user interface. While the app is running, you can visit at `https://<yourdomain>.daily.co/<room_url>` and listen to the bot say hello!
## WebRTC for production use
WebSockets are fine for server-to-server communication or for initial development. But for production use, you’ll need client-server audio to use a protocol designed for real-time media transport. (For an explanation of the difference between WebSockets and WebRTC, see [this post.](https://www.daily.co/blog/how-to-talk-to-an-llm-with-your-voice/#webrtc))
One way to get up and running quickly with WebRTC is to sign up for a Daily developer account. Daily gives you SDKs and global infrastructure for audio (and video) routing. Every account gets 10,000 audio/video/transcription minutes free each month.
Sign up [here](https://dashboard.daily.co/u/signup) and [create a room](https://docs.daily.co/reference/rest-api/rooms) in the developer Dashboard.
## Hacking on the framework itself
## 🛠️ Hacking on the framework itself
_Note: You may need to set up a virtual environment before following these instructions. From the root of the repo:_
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pytest
```
## Setting up your editor
### Setting up your editor
This project uses strict [PEP 8](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/) formatting via [Ruff](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff).
### Emacs
#### Emacs
You can use [use-package](https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package) to install [emacs-lazy-ruff](https://github.com/christophermadsen/emacs-lazy-ruff) package and configure `ruff` arguments:
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:hook ((python-mode . pyvenv-auto-run)))
```
### Visual Studio Code
#### Visual Studio Code
Install the
[Ruff](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=charliermarsh.ruff) extension. Then edit the user settings (_Ctrl-Shift-P_ `Open User Settings (JSON)`) and set it as the default Python formatter, and enable formatting on save:
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}
```
### PyCharm
#### PyCharm
`ruff` was installed in the `venv` environment described before, now to enable autoformatting on save, go to `File` -> `Settings` -> `Tools` -> `File Watchers` and add a new watcher with the following settings:
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4. **Arguments**: `format $FilePath$`
5. **Program**: `$PyInterpreterDirectory$/ruff`
## Contributing
## 🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're fixing bugs, improving documentation, or adding new features, here's how you can help:
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We aim to review all contributions promptly and provide constructive feedback to help get your changes merged.
## Getting help
## 🛟 Getting help
➡️ [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/pipecat)