{
  "id": "pipecat",
  "name": "Pipecat",
  "category": "harnesses",
  "summary": "Open-source Python framework from Daily for realtime voice and multimodal agents: composable pipelines, 80+ AI service integrations, multi-agent handoffs and client SDKs.",
  "description": "Build voice agents as pipelines of processors (transport, STT, LLM, TTS) over WebRTC or WebSockets, or compose many pipelines into multi-agent systems with handoff, parallel fan-out and sidecars over a shared bus. Pipecat Flows (built in) adds structured conversation paths. Client SDKs for JavaScript, React, React Native, Swift, Kotlin, C++ and ESP32; tooling includes the `pipecat` CLI (`pipecat init` scaffolds a project for Claude Code or Codex), the Whisker debugger, Pipecat UI components and Claude Code skills (`claude plugin marketplace add pipecat-ai/skills`). Hosting is optional: Pipecat Cloud by Daily charges from $0.01 per active agent minute (agent-1x) with unlimited concurrency; you bring your own LLM/STT/TTS providers.",
  "url": "https://pipecat.ai",
  "repo": "https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat",
  "docs": "https://docs.pipecat.ai",
  "tags": [
    "voice",
    "realtime",
    "multimodal",
    "webrtc",
    "python",
    "multi-agent"
  ],
  "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
  "pricing": "open-source",
  "status": "active",
  "agent_access": {
    "llms_txt": "https://docs.pipecat.ai/llms.txt",
    "auth": "none",
    "notes": "Framework itself needs no key; you supply keys for the AI services you plug in. Pipecat Cloud uses a Daily account."
  },
  "related": [
    "livekit-agents",
    "openai-realtime-api",
    "elevenagents",
    "vapi"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat",
    "https://www.daily.co/pricing/pipecat-cloud/",
    "https://docs.pipecat.ai"
  ],
  "added": "2026-10-23",
  "updated": "2026-10-23",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
  "submitted_by": "agentica-curator",
  "maintainer": "Daily and the Pipecat community",
  "longform": [
    {
      "type": "comparison",
      "id": "voice-agent-platforms",
      "title": "LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat vs OpenAI Realtime vs ElevenAgents vs Vapi: building voice agents",
      "url": "https://indexagentica.com/compare/voice-agent-platforms/",
      "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/longform/compare/voice-agent-platforms.json"
    }
  ],
  "links": {
    "html": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/pipecat/",
    "markdown": "https://indexagentica.com/entries/pipecat.md",
    "json": "https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/pipecat.json",
    "source": "https://github.com/Drudley/indexagentica/blob/main/content/harnesses/pipecat.json"
  }
}