---
id: livekit-plugins-deepgram
version: "1.6.10"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# livekit-plugins-deepgram — Agent Framework plugin for services using Deepgram's API.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 2.7M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package is a plugin that bridges Deepgram's voice AI platform with LiveKit Agents, enabling speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities in agent-based applications. It wraps Deepgram's API behind the livekit-agents framework, allowing developers to add voice transcription and synthesis to real-time communication workflows.

The plugin is designed for applications that need to process voice in real-time—such as live transcription, voice-driven agents, or automated voice responses. It depends on livekit-agents for framework integration and numpy for numerical operations, and requires a Deepgram API key to function.

Use it for:

- Add live transcription to video conferencing applications powered by LiveKit Agents.
- Build voice-controlled agents that understand and respond to spoken input.
- Implement automated voice responses in real-time communication systems.
- Create accessibility features that transcribe or synthesize speech in agent workflows.

## Worth the install?

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

Integrates Deepgram's voice AI services (speech-to-text and text-to-speech) into LiveKit Agents for real-time audio processing in agent applications.

Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and integrates cleanly into the LiveKit ecosystem with low install friction. Install it if you are building LiveKit Agents that need Deepgram's speech-to-text or text-to-speech services. You will need a Deepgram API key to use it.

## Install

pip install livekit-plugins-deepgram
uv add livekit-plugins-deepgram
poetry add livekit-plugins-deepgram

## Installing livekit-plugins-deepgram

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a release on 2026-08-13 and no known vulnerabilities. Depends only on livekit-agents and numpy.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.

Quickstart:

pip install livekit-plugins-deepgram

# Set DEEPGRAM_API_KEY environment variable before use
import livekit_plugins_deepgram

Requires a valid Deepgram API key set as the DEEPGRAM_API_KEY environment variable; Python 3.10 or later (requires_python >=3.10.0).

Verify before relying:

- Whether Deepgram API key setup is required before any functionality works
- Specific audio format or codec support details beyond the integration scope
- How the plugin exposes STT and TTS functionality through livekit-agents

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 2.7M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

deepgram speech to text, livekit agent integration, real-time voice ai, deepgram tts stt plugin, live audio transcription, voice ai agents, voice-ai, real-time-audio, livekit-plugin

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