Name conflict with Client SDK

[oshoemaker]

Is it possible to rename this project to "livekitserver" or something similar so it does not conflict with the Python Client SDK?

[AlexJMohr]

Sure, I'm open to the idea. I'm not sure why you would want both the client and server installed in the same project though.

[oshoemaker]

There is a use case that having a headless client participating in the session can be beneficial. It allows a low overhead communication mechanism for controlling the session without the need for other external services. We may end up using the go SDK or Rust so this isn't high priority. I do have both working in the same client using a this SDK as a local module and seems to work well.

[davidzhao]

yeah this makes sense.. we are thinking about folding this package into a monorepo for both of our python SDKs.

The package names would be:

• Client SDK: livekit on PyPi. livekit.rtc in code
• Server SDK: livekit-api on PyPi. livekit.api in code

CC: @theomonnom

[v3ss0n]

i am having problems installing now , how to install this from pypi?
better just do mono repo and have single package for both client and server should be better

[theomonnom]

Hey, we’re going to release a Server SDK inside the client repo this week (mono repo, but different packages)