Connect & Channels
The Livepeer community is spread across several platforms, each serving a different purpose. This page maps where to go depending on what you need.Livepeer Forum
forum.livepeer.org is the primary venue for long-form discussion, governance proposals, treasury activity, and ecosystem announcements. Readable without an account - post with a free email or wallet login.Governance
LIPs, parameter changes, GovWorks updates, and meta-governance discussion. Central hub for proposals before they go on-chain.
Treasury & SPEs
SPE pre-proposals, funding requests, and treasury discussions. Post your Pre-Proposal here at least 7 days before going on-chain.
Advisory Boards
Strategy outputs, Tactical Recommendations, and Workstream coordination posts from the Foundation’s four advisory boards (added 2025).
Help: Getting Started
Questions from new participants, troubleshooting, and onboarding support. Monitored by community contributors and GovWorks.
- GovWorks Community Updates - governance digests published regularly by StableLab
- Livepeer Governance Process guide - the definitive SPE proposal walkthrough (February 2025)
- Active governance threads - monitor /c/governance/17 for open pre-proposals and parameter discussions
Discord
The Livepeer Discord (~19,500 members) is the primary real-time platform - used for governance coordination, technical support, ecosystem updates, and community calls. Key channels:| Channel | Purpose |
|---|---|
#announcements | Official network and Foundation announcements |
#governance | Real-time governance discussion; tag @Orchestrator for active proposals |
#developers | SDK, API, and integration questions |
#ai | ComfyStream, AI-runner, BYOC, and real-time video AI inference |
#orchestrators | Node operation, GPU setup, transcoding, and monitoring |
#support | General troubleshooting and onboarding questions |
| Language channels | Moderated by Live Pioneers - see below |
| Call | Cadence | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|
| Dev Call | Bi-weekly | Developers, SPE teams, core contributors |
| Water Cooler | Weekly | Open - ecosystem updates and early-stage proposal discussion |
| Treasury Talk | Bi-weekly | Proposal authors, delegators, orchestrators; governance-focused |
Discord channel names and structure evolve. For the current moderation rules and channel list, see the Rules & Moderation thread on the Forum (last updated November 2024).
Telegram - Multilingual Community
Live Pioneers moderates Telegram groups for the Livepeer delegator community in 8+ languages, making the protocol accessible to non-English-speaking participants globally. Supported languages include Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese, with more added through their Ambassador Programme. Visit livepioneers.app to find your language group and connect with regional community members. Live Pioneers also produces weekly ecosystem recaps, Know Your Orchestrator interviews, and educational content in each supported language.X / Twitter
Follow @LivepeerNetwork for ecosystem updates, governance announcements, SPE approvals, and network news. The Livepeer Foundation also posts updates via the Foundation account - check the Foundation site (livepeer.foundation) for their social links.GitHub
All Livepeer source code, documentation, and governance proposals are open source.livepeer/docs
The documentation repository. Raise an Issue to flag inaccuracies, or submit a Pull Request with changes. Contribution workflow in
contribute/CONTRIBUTING/.livepeer/LIPs
Livepeer Improvement Proposals - the formal process for protocol changes. Current framework defined by LIP-89 through LIP-92.
livepeer/go-livepeer
Core Go implementation of the Livepeer protocol node. Issues, PRs, and release notes.
livepeer/awesome-livepeer
Community-maintained list of ecosystem tools, SDKs, tutorials, and projects. Open to community contributions.
YouTube
Past community calls, governance discussions, protocol demos, and educational content are available on the Livepeer YouTube channel. Live Pioneers also produces video content in multiple languages - find their channel via livepioneers.app.Gateway Operator Support
If you are running or evaluating a gateway and need technical or operational support:- Discord
#supportor#orchestrators- real-time community help - Forum: Help: Getting Started - for longer-form troubleshooting threads
- GovWorks - for governance questions or SPE proposals relevant to gateway operations, reach them via the GovWorks Notion Hub