pipecat-ai/pipecat
Open Source framework for voice agents, multimodal apps, and realtime AI. Maintained by Daily and the community.
- Stars
- 17k
- Forks
- 2.9k
- Open issues
- 115
- Last push
- today
About pipecat
pipecat is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by pipecat-ai, written mainly in Python. Open Source framework for voice agents, multimodal apps, and realtime AI. Maintained by Daily and the community. It has 17k GitHub stars and 2.9k forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the BSD-2-Clause license, a standard open-source license.
- License
- BSD-2-Clause
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 16,709
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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pipecat FAQ
Is pipecat free?
Yes. pipecat is open source and free to use. It's released under the BSD-2-Clause license, a standard open-source license.
Does pipecat run on a Mac?
Its README doesn't say. Check the installation guide on GitHub before you start.
Does pipecat need a GPU?
Its README doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is pipecat still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 115 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to pipecat?
Similar free, open-source tools include Real-Time-Voice-Cloning, VoiceStudio, voicebox, Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI.