bjoernkarmann/project_alias
Alias is a teachable “parasite” that is designed to give users more control over their smart assistants, both when it comes to customisation and privacy. Through a simple app the user can train Alias to react on a custom wake-word/sound, and once trained, Alias can take control over your home assistant by activating it for you. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3032
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2341
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1700 stars · 98 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Project Alias is an open-source Raspberry Pi-based device that acts as a 'parasite' on smart home assistants, letting users train custom wake words and commands while masking the assistant's built-in microphone with noise. It is configured through a local web interface and uses Pocketsphinx for wake-word detection.
Use cases
- train a custom wake word for my google home
- block my smart speaker from always listening
- add custom voice commands to my home assistant
- make my smart assistant respond to a different name
- confuse my assistant's voice profiling with a different gender
- build a privacy layer over a smart speaker with raspberry pi
When to choose
- you want custom wake words and commands on an existing smart speaker
- you care about microphone privacy and want to jam the built-in mic
- you want a DIY hardware project on a Raspberry Pi with a ReSpeaker hat
When to avoid
- you want a production-grade, actively maintained voice assistant
- you need cloud-quality speech recognition or broad language support
- you don't want to assemble hardware or flash a custom SD card image
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
speech-recognition machine-learning audio-processing security privacy iot hardware privacy machine-learning iot python embedded wake-word smart-home voice-assistant raspberry-pi privacy-hack pocketsphinx custom-wake-word parasite-device linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bjoernkarmann/project_alias · fetched 2026-08-28 · d2defb4078c3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bjoernkarmann/project_alias | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="bjoernkarmann/project_alias")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem