MakiRoll
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Chert FaceTime
Open-source CLI and SDK that puts your LiveKit video agent on a FaceTime call
FaceTime has no API, so this is a rare open way to let an AI agent see and talk to a customer on the video app already on their iPhone.
Chert FaceTime bridges a FaceTime call and a LiveKit agent. It runs on your own Mac, drives the FaceTime interface programmatically and routes audio and video through loopback devices, so your agent's voice and avatar appear on the call and it sees the caller's camera. You keep control of the agent's code, model, voice and look. Run it with npx @trychert/facetime-opensource or install the SDK from npm. You need Node 22, Chrome, a LiveKit agent publishing audio and video, and an iPhone to create the link and admit the guest. Apache-2.0, v0.1.1, experimental. Chert also sells a managed version.
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