Pipecat
An open-source Python framework for building voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily.
About Pipecat
Real-time voice agents need speech recognition, models and speech synthesis wired together with low latency.
Who it’s for
- Developers building voice agents
- Teams that want to choose their own speech and model providers
When to consider it
Consider Pipecat when you want full control of a voice agent's pipeline in code, self-hosted or on Pipecat Cloud.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- BSD-2-Clause licensed; you pay your chosen speech and model providers, and Pipecat Cloud is a separate hosted option.
SOTA overview · Documentation-based assessment · Sources & review method
Updates
No updates shared yet.
Discussion
Newest firstAsk a question or share how you use Pipecat.
Keep it helpful. Community rules
Loading discussion…
Sources & review method
Documentation-based assessment · Oct 3, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
Checked by SOTA · AI-assisted documentation review. Selection advice is our assessment; verify current requirements for your deployment.
Import history & original evidence
Pipecat official website
An open-source Python framework for building voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-03. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.