xiaochong/hi-kid
HiKid - Your AI English Pal. A desktop app built with React and TypeScript, targeting children in non-English-speaking countries who want to practice English speaking and listening. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
54/100
- Activity 79
- Release rhythm 48
- Longevity 9
Flags: young
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 136
- days_rel: 133
- days_push: 131
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1043 stars · 127 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
HiKid is a free, open-source Electron desktop app that lets children in non-English-speaking countries practice English speaking and listening through voice conversations with a local AI. It runs a fully offline pipeline (SoX recording, local ASR, local LLM via Ollama, local TTS) so no data ever leaves the machine.
Use cases
- help my kid practice english speaking offline
- voice chat app for children learning english
- private ai tutor that runs locally without internet
- speech recognition and tts practice tool for kids
- offline english listening and conversation practice
- ai english companion for non-english-speaking children
When to choose
- you want a privacy-safe, fully offline English practice companion for kids
- you're on macOS and want a cartoon-style, voice-first learning app with no API keys
- you prefer local models (Ollama, local ASR/TTS) over cloud services
When to avoid
- you need Windows or Linux support today (only macOS is available)
- you want cloud-grade LLM quality or typed/written exercises rather than voice chat
- your machine can't run local ASR, TTS, and LLM models comfortably
Facets
application · maturity active
speech-recognition tts llm-inference chatbot audio-processing education large-language-models speech-processing privacy cross-platform english-learning kids-education offline-ai local-ai voice-chat ollama speaking-practice privacy-first natural-language-processing macos desktop electron
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/xiaochong/hi-kid · fetched 2026-08-28 · df70a6bebb7e
- homepage: https://xiaochong.github.io/hi-kid · fetched 2026-08-29 · 289a65744123
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xiaochong/hi-kid | main | 54 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="xiaochong/hi-kid")
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