pipecat-client-cxx is a C++ SDK to build native Pipecat client applications.

It supports Linux (x86_64 and aarch64), macOS (aarch64) and Windows (x86_64).

Dependencies

libcurl

We use libcurl to make 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.

Building

Linux and macOS

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

Windows

Initialize the command-line development environment.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

And then configure and build:

cmake . -Bbuild --preset vcpkg
cmake --build build --config Release

Cross-compiling (Linux aarch64)

It is possible to build the example for the aarch64 architecture in Linux with:

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