# Pipecat

> Open-source Python framework from Daily for realtime voice and multimodal agents: composable pipelines, 80+ AI service integrations, multi-agent handoffs and client SDKs.

- id: `pipecat`
- category: Harnesses (`harnesses`)
- url: https://pipecat.ai
- repo: https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat
- docs: https://docs.pipecat.ai
- status: active
- pricing: open-source
- license: BSD-2-Clause
- tags: voice, realtime, multimodal, webrtc, python, multi-agent
- llms.txt: https://docs.pipecat.ai/llms.txt
- auth: none
- access 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 (https://indexagentica.com/entries/livekit-agents/); OpenAI Realtime API (https://indexagentica.com/entries/openai-realtime-api/); ElevenAgents (ElevenLabs Agents Platform) (https://indexagentica.com/entries/elevenagents/); Vapi (https://indexagentica.com/entries/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
- featured in: LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat vs OpenAI Realtime vs ElevenAgents vs Vapi: building voice agents (https://indexagentica.com/compare/voice-agent-platforms/)
- maintainer: Daily and the Pipecat community
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/pipecat/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/pipecat.json

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.