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id: daily-python
version: "0.31.0"
license: BSD 2-Clause License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# daily-python — Daily Client SDK for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 296.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

daily-python is a client SDK that lets you embed video and audio calling directly into Python applications running on desktop or server environments. It connects to Daily's meeting infrastructure via WebRTC, allowing your application to join meetings as a participant, send and receive media streams, manage remote participant permissions, and control recordings and live streams.

The SDK is designed for developers building voice and video agents, conversational AI systems, or applications that need real-time communication capabilities. It has no runtime dependencies, which keeps deployment lightweight. The package is actively maintained, recently released, and classified as production-stable. Installation requires Python 3.8+ and glibc 2.28+ on Linux; prebuilt wheels are available for common platforms.

Use it for:

- Build a voice or video agent that joins Daily meetings to interact with participants in real time.
- Create a server-side recording or monitoring application that joins meetings to capture or analyze streams.
- Develop a desktop application that adds video conferencing capabilities without building WebRTC infrastructure from scratch.
- Integrate live streaming into a Python application by joining a meeting and forwarding the stream to external platforms.
- Build automated meeting bots that manage participant permissions or handle meeting logistics programmatically.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A Python SDK for building video and audio calling into desktop and server applications, with support for joining meetings, managing participants, and sending/receiving media streams.

Yes, if you need to add video or audio calling to a Python application. The SDK is production-stable, actively maintained, has no runtime dependencies, and is licensed permissively. Medium install friction (platform-specific wheels, glibc requirement) is manageable for most deployments. No known vulnerabilities. Install only if your application targets Python 3.8+ and your deployment environment meets the glibc requirement.

## Install

pip install daily-python
uv add daily-python
poetry add daily-python

## Installing daily-python

Before you install: Medium install friction due to compiled wheels for specific platforms (macOS x86_64/arm64, Linux glibc 2.28+). Active maintenance with recent release (31 days ago) and ongoing repository activity. No runtime dependencies simplifies deployment.

License in practice: BSD 2-Clause License is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects without legal concern.

Quickstart:

pip install daily-python

import daily

# Join a meeting and configure audio/video settings
client = daily.Client()
client.join_meeting(url="https://your-daily-room.daily.co/meeting")

Requires Python 3.8 or newer and glibc 2.28 or newer on Linux systems; prebuilt wheels available for macOS (x86_64, arm64) and Linux (x86_64, aarch64).

Verify before relying:

- Whether the SDK supports real-time bidirectional streaming without additional configuration or setup steps.
- Performance characteristics and latency guarantees for audio/video transmission in production environments.
- Whether recording and live stream features require separate Daily service configuration or are fully client-side.

## Package facts

- License: BSD 2-Clause License (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: medium
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 296.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

python video calling sdk, webrtc audio video sdk, daily meeting client python, video conferencing api python, real-time communication sdk, python audio streaming, meeting participant management, webrtc, real-time-communication, ai-agents

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