# Mentra-Community/MentraOS

MentraOS is the leading smart glasses OS. See live captions, stream your view, talk to AI, and capture photos hands-free on compatible glasses.

Repository: https://github.com/Mentra-Community/MentraOS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mentraos
Homepage: https://Mentraglass.com
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: activelook, conversational-ai, smart-glasses, smartglasses, vuzix, wearable, wearables, rayneo, vuzix-shield, vuzix-ultralite, even-realities, even-realities-g1, mentra, mentra-live
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:31:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 79
- inputs: {"age_days": 1117, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 38, "gap_med": 9, "n_releases_24m": 46}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2326, forks 338 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:37.477450+00:00)

## What it is
MentraOS is an open-source operating system and development platform for smart glasses, providing pairing, connection management, data streaming, and hardware access across multiple glasses models. It includes a Miniapp SDK and Bluetooth SDK so developers can build apps with live captions, AI conversations, photo capture, and livestreaming on compatible hardware.

## Use cases
- build apps for smart glasses without handling device-specific pairing and streaming
- add live captions for deaf or hard-of-hearing users on glasses
- create hands-free AI copilots for technicians and field workers
- stream the wearer's point of view for remote support video calls
- capture photos and document work hands-free with a camera on glasses
- write one miniapp that runs on multiple brands of smart glasses
- integrate Mentra Live glasses into an existing Android or iOS app

## When to choose
- you want a write-once-run-on-any-glasses platform with an MIT license
- you are building AI assistant or transcription experiences for wearables
- you need enterprise smart glasses deployments for field operations
- you want full open-source control over your glasses OS and data

## When to avoid
- your glasses model is not on the supported hardware list
- you need a fully custom low-level firmware or embedded OS for your own hardware
- you only target a single vendor's closed ecosystem like Meta or Apple Vision Pro

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, speech-recognition, tts, agent-framework, chatbot, mobile-framework, websocket, middleware
- domain: hardware, artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, cross-platform, accessibility
- platform: cross-platform, cloud
- tags: smart-glasses, wearable-os, augmented-reality, hands-free, live-captions, miniapps, bluetooth-sdk, open-source-hardware, wearables, ai-agents, android, ios, typescript, react-native

## Member repositories
- Mentra-Community/MentraOS (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.477450+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 2026-08-30T02:38:15.076536+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Mentra-Community/MentraOS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.477450+00:00, sha 12eddcf78570)
  - homepage: https://Mentraglass.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:01.856857+00:00, sha 6dc1376f043d)
  - site_page: https://mentraglass.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:01.859364+00:00, sha ddba063d783b)
  - site_page: https://docs.mentraglass.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:01.861205+00:00, sha 479ac8fb8c29)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.