Software and middleware

LiveKit

Name: LiveKit
Brand: LiveKit, Inc.

United States

LiveKit is the open-source WebRTC stack behind ChatGPT's voice mode, and since 2026 it has extended into robotics: Portal and ROS Portal, two Apache-2.0 packages for teleoperation, data recording and remote policy inference. Both repositories were created in April 2026 and the ROS 2 bridge is still a release candidate (v1.0.0-rc3, August 2026) with a handful of GitHub stars : the code is real and installable, but adoption is not yet there. Note the tension in its own positioning: the Portal announcement frames it as an alternative to ROS and DDS, while the robotics documentation presents a gateway towards ROS.

Updated 2026-08-27 · Last verified 2026-08-27

OrganizationLiveKit, Inc.

Categorytransport

LicenseApache-2.0

Open sourceyes

ROSyes

First release2,021

GovernanceSociété privée qui décide seule de la feuille de route du code open source et du service Cloud payant ; aucune fondation neutre.

Current version1.13.6 (26 août 2026, serveur)

Used by{'name': 'Skydio', 'evidence': 'declare', 'detail': 'Téléopération et observation à distance de drones ; étude de cas publiée par LiveKit.'}, {'name': 'Polymath Robotics', 'evidence': 'declare', 'detail': "Téléopération d'engins lourds hors-route ; étude de cas publiée par LiveKit, exigence de latence sous 100 ms."}

Sources : GitHub, dépôt officiel LiveKit (2026-08-27)GitHub, dépôt officiel LiveKit (2026-08-27)GitHub, dépôt officiel LiveKit (2026-08-27)LiveKit, Inc. (blog officiel) (2026-06-10)LiveKit, Inc. (documentation officielle) (2026-08-27)LiveKit, Inc. (site officiel) (2026-08-27)LiveKit, Inc. (site officiel) (2026-08-27)LiveKit, Inc. (site officiel) (2026-08-27)LiveKit, Inc. (blog officiel) (2021-07-07)LiveKit, Inc. (document légal officiel) (2026-08-27)

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