# espressif/esp-box

The ESP-BOX is a new generation AIoT development platform released by Espressif Systems.

Repository: https://github.com/espressif/esp-box
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/esp-box
Language: HTML
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-01T10:01:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1778, "days_push": 93, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1297, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.105540+00:00)

## What it is
ESP-BOX is Espressif's AIoT development framework for the ESP32-S3-BOX series of development boards, built on the ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5 SoC. It provides firmware examples and accessories for building offline voice assistants, AI chatbots, Matter devices, robot controllers, and HMI applications.

## Use cases
- build an offline voice assistant on esp32-s3-box
- create an AI chatbot device using LLMs
- develop a Matter smart home device or controller
- prototype IoT and edge AI applications
- build HMI touchscreen applications on ESP32-S3
- flash and update factory firmware for ESP32-S3-BOX-3

## When to choose
- you own an ESP32-S3-BOX, BOX-Lite, or BOX-3 board and want official examples
- you need voice assistant or LLM chatbot features on embedded hardware
- you want to prototype Matter or IoT devices with a ready-made enclosure and touchscreen

## When to avoid
- you use non-Espressif or non-ESP32-S3 hardware
- you need a general-purpose AIoT platform without the ESP-BOX boards
- you only need a bare ESP-IDF project without board-specific examples

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, speech-recognition, chatbot, iot, sdk, gui
- domain: artificial-intelligence, iot, embedded-systems, speech-processing, chatbots, hardware
- platform: embedded, iot, cross-platform
- tags: esp32, esp32-s3, aiot, voice-assistant, matter, development-kit, espressif, firmware, hmi

## Member repositories
- espressif/esp-box (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.105540+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:53:53.438921+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/espressif/esp-box (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.105540+00:00, sha 2689047799c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.