C++ SDK Overview

Build native applications with Pipecat’s C++ client library

The Pipecat C++ SDK provides a native implementation for building voice and multimodal AI applications. It supports:

• Linux (x86_64 and aarch64)
• macOS (aarch64)
• Windows (x86_64)

Dependencies

libcurl

The SDK uses libcurl for HTTP requests.

Linux

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

macOS

On macOS libcurl is already included so there is nothing to install.

Windows

On Windows we use vcpkg to install dependencies. You need to set it up following one of the tutorials.

The libcurl dependency will be automatically downloaded when building.

Installation

Clone the SDK:

Linux/macOS/Windows

git clone https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-client-cxx
cd pipecat-client-cxx

Build the SDK using CMake:

Linux/macOS

cmake . -G Ninja -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
ninja -C build

Windows

# Initialize Visual Studio environment
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
# Configure and build
cmake . -Bbuild --preset vcpkg
cmake --buildbuild --config Release

Cross-compilation

For Linux aarch64:

cmake . -G Ninja -Bbuild -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=aarch64-linux-toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
ninja -C build

Documentation

API Reference

Complete SDK API documentation

Daily Transport

WebRTC implementation using Daily