# m5stack/StackChan

StackChan open source!

Repository: https://github.com/m5stack/StackChan
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stackchan
Language: Go
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-19T08:31:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 17
- inputs: {"age_days": 238, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1200, forks 301 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:57.929485+00:00)

## What it is
StackChan is an open-source kawaii AI desktop robot co-created by M5Stack and its community, built around the CoreS3 (ESP32-S3) IoT development kit. This repository hosts the robot firmware, remote controller firmware, iOS/Android mobile app, and server source code.

## Use cases
- build a cute AI desktop companion robot
- flash custom firmware onto a StackChan robot
- control a StackChan robot remotely from a phone
- program the robot with Arduino or UiFlow2
- extend the robot with M5Stack expansion units
- develop an AI agent with expressive animations on ESP32

## When to choose
- you own a StackChan or CoreS3-based robot and want to customize its firmware
- you want to build a community-driven open-source desktop robot
- you need a reference for ESP32-S3 robotics with servos, sensors, and OTA updates

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose robotics framework not tied to M5Stack hardware
- you require production-grade software with a formal license (no license is included)
- you want a simulation-first robotics stack without physical hardware

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: robotics, chatbot, agent-framework, mobile-framework, iot, embedded
- domain: robotics, iot, artificial-intelligence, hardware, cross-platform
- platform: embedded, iot, cross-platform
- tags: desktop-robot, m5stack, esp32, cores3, firmware, ota-updates, esp-now, remote-control, companion-robot, open-source-hardware, ai-agents, android, ios

## Member repositories
- m5stack/StackChan (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:57.929485+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 2026-08-30T06:20:50.217098+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/m5stack/StackChan (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:57.929485+00:00, sha b3cf3dcce09b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.