OpenRing releases an open-source self-hosted voice AI agent platform
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OpenRing released a voice AI agent platform open-sourced under the MIT License, capable of self-hosted operation, and offering an API compatible with Vapi: assistant JSON, tool calls, and webhook formats are identical, users can migrate by changing the base URL, and one-click import of Vapi accounts is also supported. The platform includes the free local voice Kokoro, so the first test call incurs no cost; running it requires Node.js 18 or later. On first access, the system will request one piece of information, and it can only be provided from the local machine. If using a Twilio trial account, calls can only be made to numbers verified in its console.
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- Hacker News AIOpenRing – Open-source, self-hosted voice AI agent platform (Vapi alternative)
OpenRing is a self-hosted voice AI agent platform with a Vapi-compatible API that charges no platform fee, letting users pay providers like Deepgram, OpenAI and Twilio directly with their own keys. It runs via `npx openring` with a dashboard at localhost:8000, supports a free local stack (Whisper, Ollama, Kokoro), and can import assistants, tools and numbers from a Vapi account. Features include phone calls via Twilio and SIP trunks, campaigns, knowledge base, squads and tools, with some capabilities marked beta.
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