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OpenVoiceOS

Open-source voice AI platform and assistant

Home Automation ★ 296 stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

OpenVoiceOS is an open-source voice AI platform, a community continuation of the Mycroft assistant, that runs locally on smart speakers and embedded devices. It handles skills, wake words, and dialog.

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Key features

  • Local voice assistant platform
  • Skill plugin ecosystem
  • Wake word and dialog handling
  • Runs on embedded devices

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Privacy-respecting voice AI
  • Extensible with skills

Trade-offs

  • Complex setup
  • Smaller skill catalog than Alexa

Is OpenVoiceOS secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for OpenVoiceOS's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

OpenVoiceOS replaces

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