On 12 September 2026 we counted the integration directories in both repositories: LiveKit Agents ships 77 packages under livekit-plugins/ , of which 51 expose a speech-to-text, text-to-speech, LLM or realtime class; Pipecat ships 62 directories under src/pipecat/services/ , of which 55 do. The model ecosystems are near-parity. The transport decides.
What this covers
- They are not mutually exclusive, and most comparisons get this wrong
- The Transport Ownership Rule
- What we counted, and why an integration count measures packaging, not capability
- The licence asymmetry almost nobody surfaces
- Turn detection: the same job, two different bets
This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the tables and worked examples — is on our site: *LiveKit Agents vs Pipecat: Choosing a Framework*.
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