Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX
Hi HN folks ! I am the author of AVA, a self hosted AI Voice Agent that plugs into Asterisk/Freepbx so you own all the aspects of an AI Voice agent in your own infrastructure. It uses Asterisk native Audiosocket/RTP with python engine to run STT,LLM and TTS loop. The project support several full providers openai, gemini, grok, elevenlabs out of the box and also provides options to build custom pipelines by choosing different stt tts and llm. It also supports full local agent if you have a GPU with 25GB RAM which enables realtime conversation along with tool calling. I started this…
Self-hosted voice AI agent for Asterisk/FreePBX launched on July 13, 2026 with 32 votes, #698 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
AVA is a self-hosted AI voice agent that integrates with Asterisk and FreePBX phone systems. It runs speech-to-text, language models, and text-to-speech processing on your own infrastructure using Python. The software supports multiple providers including OpenAI, Gemini, Grok, and ElevenLabs, or can run entirely locally on a GPU with 25GB of RAM for real-time conversations with tool calling capabilities. Users can build custom pipelines by mixing different components.
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From the sources
AVA is a self-hosted, open-source AI voice agent that plugs directly into your Asterisk or FreePBX system. No cloud telephony migration required. Choose from 6 production-ready configurations: OpenAI Realtime, Deepgram, Google Gemini Live, ElevenLabs, Local Hybrid, or 100% fully Local. Modular STT/LLM/TTS pipeline — swap providers without changing code. Try it live: dial (925) 736-6718.
An open-source AI Voice Agent that integrates with Asterisk/FreePBX using Audiosocket/RTP technology - hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN folks ! I am the author of AVA, a self hosted AI Voice Agent that plugs into Asterisk/Freepbx so you own all the aspects of an AI Voice agent in your own infrastructure. It uses Asterisk native Audiosocket/RTP with python engine to run STT,LLM and TTS loop. The project support several full providers…
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