livekit/rust-sdks repository overview

⁠LiveKit Rust SDKs

Official Rust SDKs for LiveKit — real-time audio, video, and data.

This repository contains pre-built Docker images for compiling the SDK and FFI bindings on Linux.

⁠Images

Built on manylinux_2_28⁠ for broad Linux compatibility (glibc 2.28+: RHEL 8, Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11+).

⁠What's included

• LLVM, Clang, LLD
• Protobuf compiler
• OpenSSL, X11, Mesa GL, VA-API, DRM/GBM dev headers
• Development Tools (gcc, make, etc.)
• Rust stable toolchain with target pre-installed

No source code — mount your workspace at runtime.

⁠Pull

docker pull livekit/rust-sdks:dev-env-x86_64
docker pull livekit/rust-sdks:dev-env-aarch64

⁠Usage

git clone --recursive https://github.com/livekit/rust-sdks.git
cd rust-sdks

# x86_64
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/workspace -w /workspace livekit/rust-sdks:dev-env-x86_64 \ bash -c "cd livekit-ffi && cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"

# aarch64
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/workspace -w /workspace livekit/rust-sdks:dev-env-aarch64 \ bash -c "cd livekit-ffi && cargo build --release --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"

Output: target/<triple>/release/liblivekit_ffi.so

The target directory lives on the host, so incremental builds are fast.

⁠File ownership

Container runs as root. Reclaim ownership with:

sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) target/

⁠Links

• Source⁠
• LiveKit Rust SDKs⁠
• LiveKit Docs⁠