agent-starter-node

Node.js voice agent on LiveKit Agents with turn detection and simulations

Stars: 114
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 2026
Language: TypeScript

Overview

pnpm TypeScript voice assistant on LiveKit Agents using LiveKit Inference for STT, LLM (default Gemma 4 31B) and TTS (default Fish Audio S2.1 Pro), with the LiveKit turn detector, adaptive interruption handling and noise cancellation. Ships a Dockerfile for LiveKit Cloud, an AGENTS.md with LiveKit skills, and scenarios.yaml simulations run in CI on merge to main. Backend only; pair with a LiveKit frontend starter.

Who it is for: TypeScript teams building a voice agent on LiveKit

Strengths

Turn detector, adaptive interruption handling and noise cancellation preconfigured
Conversation simulations in scenarios.yaml run in CI on merge to main
Dockerfile and lk CLI flow for LiveKit Cloud deployment
AGENTS.md and LiveKit skills for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex

Weaknesses

Defaults rely on LiveKit Inference and Cloud noise cancellation; self-hosting needs plugin swaps
CI simulations use real inference and need LiveKit secrets
pnpm-lock.yaml is not tracked; commit it yourself
No frontend; a separate client starter is required

What it needs

TypeScript, LiveKit Inference (OpenAI, Cartesia, Deepgram and others), LiveKit realtime model plugins
Needs LiveKit Cloud (or self-hosted LiveKit plus model plugins)
GitHub template
Docker
env example file

Also in Voice and realtime

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Rank	Project	Score
1	agent-starter-reactNext.js voice assistant frontend for LiveKit Agents948 stars, MIT	51 out of 100
2	agent-starter-pythonPython voice agent on LiveKit Agents with turn detection and simulations264 stars, MIT	50 out of 100
#4	voice-ui-kitReact components and templates for Pipecat voice agent frontends419 stars, BSD-2-Clause	45 out of 100
#5	pipecat-examplesRunnable Pipecat voice agent examples for phone, web and deployment395 stars, BSD-2-Clause	41 out of 100
#6	agent-starter-androidKotlin and Jetpack Compose voice assistant client for LiveKit Agents104 stars, MIT	41 out of 100

How to choose

Pick the transport first (LiveKit, Pipecat/Daily, provider websockets); clients and agents must match.
Check turn detection and interruption handling; it decides how natural the agent feels.
Separate frontend and agent starters usually need to be combined; plan for both.

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