LiveKit Has a Free API — Heres How to Add Real-Time Video and Audio to Your App

LiveKit is an open-source WebRTC platform for real-time video, audio, and data. Build Zoom-like experiences with a few lines of code — self-hosted or cloud. Why LiveKit? Open source : Self-host on your own infrastructure Multi-platform : Web, iOS, Android, Flutter, Unity, React Native Scalable : Handle thousands of participants Low latency : Sub-200ms glass-to-glass Recording : Built-in recording and egress AI integration : Real-time AI agents Self-Host docker run --rm -p 7880:7880 -p 7881:7881 -p 7882:7882/udp \ livekit/livekit-server --dev Create Access Token (Server-Side) import { AccessToken } from ' livekit-server-sdk ' ; const token = new AccessToken ( ' api-key ' , ' api-secret ' , { identity : ' user-123 ' , }); token . addGrant ({ roomJoin : true , room : ' my-room ' , canPublish : true , canSubscribe : true , }); const jwt = await token . toJwt (); Join Room (React) import { LiveKitRoom , VideoConference } from ' @livekit/components-react ' ; import ' @livekit/components-styl