dograh
Dograh is an AI-based audio platform that offers an open-source alternative to Vapi and Retell systems and can be hosted on your own server. The visual workflow builder features MCP integration, phone support, and connecting your own LLM, STT, or TTS services. Distributed under the BSD 2-Clause license, this tool provides full data control and source code customization.
dograh-hq · Local AI / Self-Hosted LLM
Alternative to (project's own claim): Vapi, Retell
Common commercial products in this category: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- You design voice assistants at the production level with the visual workflow generator.
- Using Docker commands or installation scripts, you run the platform on your own infrastructure.
- You integrate your own LLM, STT and TTS providers into the system.
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Show HN: Dograh – an OSS Vapi alternative to quickly build and test voice agents
“Hey HN, sometime back someone on HN asked for an open-source alternative for Vapi or Retell and we replied there ( ) That thread just confirmed otehrs running into the same problems we had been dealing with. Now Dograh is more mature. We are happy to share some technical details…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Dograh – an OSS Vapi alternative to quickly build and test voice agents
“Earlier I was using other platforms for production voice agents. One thing that became obvious was the cost: 60–70% of our total spend was the Vapi platform fee, and only 30-40% was actual LLM/STT/TTS usage. Platform cost dominated everything. That alone pushed us toward…”