Alternatives to LiveKit Agents
LiveKit Agents is an agent framework by LiveKit: Framework for Python or Node.js programs that join LiveKit rooms as realtime voice and video agents. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent frameworks cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match LiveKit Agents and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. LlamaIndex leads the list (more GitHub stars (52.6K)). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with LiveKit Agents.
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LiveKit Agents
Framework for Python or Node.js programs that join LiveKit rooms as realtime voice and video agents.
12 alternatives
Ordered by how closely each matches LiveKit Agents (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.
- 1LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex
Open-source Python toolkit for RAG and agents over your own data, with event-driven workflows and 300+ integration packages.
- More GitHub stars (52.6K)
★ 52.6K↓ 1.4M/wkLast active Oct 14, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 2LangChain
LangChain
Python framework of interoperable components and integrations for building agents and LLM apps, with LangGraph and Deep Agents layered above it.
- More GitHub stars (148.4K)
★ 148.4K↓ 37.3M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 3LangGraph
LangChain
Low-level Python orchestration framework for long-running stateful agents, with durable execution, human review points and short- and long-term memory.
- More GitHub stars (43.8K)
★ 43.8K↓ 13.1M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 4CrewAI
CrewAI
Open-source Python framework for multi-agent workflows, with role-based Crews and event-driven Flows.
- More GitHub stars (60.1K)
★ 60.1K↓ 644.6K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 5LiveKit Agents (Node.js)
LiveKit
Node.js distribution of the LiveKit Agents framework for realtime voice agents in LiveKit rooms.
- Active in the last 30 days
- Open source (Apache-2.0)
★ 949↓ 547.5K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 6lix
opral
Embeddable version control system for files and SQL tables, with branch, diff, merge and rollback across both.
- Supports Rust
★ 771↓ 565.7K/wkLast active Oct 14, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 7AutoGen
Microsoft
Archived Microsoft Python framework for multi-agent apps; Microsoft directs new users to Microsoft Agent Framework.
- More GitHub stars (61.5K)
★ 61.5K↓ 89K/wkLast active Oct 16, 2026Compare →
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 8KaibanJS
Kaiban
JavaScript framework for multi-agent teams whose tasks move across a Kanban-style board you can watch.
- 1.5K GitHub stars
- Open source (MIT)
★ 1.5KLast active May 15, 2026
CFreshness: C–Security: not graded yet - 9Genkit
Google
Open-source Firebase framework for AI features and agent workflows in JavaScript, Go, Python and Dart, with model plugins.
- Supports TypeScript and Go
★ 6.5K↓ 95.8K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 10ADK for TypeScript
Google
TypeScript toolkit for agents with Zod-typed tools, graph and multi-agent workflows, and Node.js or browser runtimes.
- Supports TypeScript
★ 1.4K↓ 143.5K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 11
Open-source Python and TypeScript SDK for model-driven agents, with tools, MCP, multi-agent patterns and streaming.
- Supports TypeScript
★ 8.9K↓ 8.9M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet - 12Ax
Ax
DSPy-style toolkit for typed LLM signatures, agents and flows, TypeScript-first with Python, Java, C++, Go and Rust libraries.
- Supports TypeScript and Java
★ 3K↓ 27.2K/wkLast active Oct 21, 2026
AFreshness: A–Security: not graded yet
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