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78/xiaozhi-esp32

An MCP-based chatbot | 一个基于MCP的聊天机器人 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/78/xiaozhi-esp32 · homepage · C++ · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

88/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 96
  • Longevity 52
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: 7.0
  • age_days: 732
  • days_rel: 28
  • days_push: 12
  • n_releases_24m: 59

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Adoption not part of the score

29186 stars · 6746 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

XiaoZhi is an open-source MCP-based AI voice chatbot firmware for ESP32-family microcontrollers, connecting large language models like Qwen and DeepSeek to real-world hardware. It supports offline voice wake-up, streaming ASR/LLM/TTS pipelines, camera vision input, and device/cloud-side MCP control of peripherals such as LEDs, servos, and smart home devices.

Use cases

  • build a diy ai voice assistant on esp32
  • control smart home devices with a voice chatbot
  • give an llm camera vision on embedded hardware
  • create a custom wake word voice assistant
  • connect mcp ai agents to physical hardware
  • build an ai companion device with oled display

When to choose

  • you want an open-source voice assistant running fully on ESP32 hardware
  • you need MCP-based device control bridging LLMs and real-world peripherals
  • you want offline wake-word detection with streaming ASR/LLM/TTS
  • you are a hobbyist following the extensive DIY board tutorials

When to avoid

  • you need a pure software chatbot without embedded hardware
  • your project targets non-ESP32 microcontrollers
  • you want a polished consumer product rather than a DIY firmware project
  • you need cloud-independent operation without any LLM API access

Facets

application · maturity active

chatbot speech-recognition tts llm-inference mcp agent-framework audio-processing computer-vision iot embedded artificial-intelligence chatbots speech-processing iot embedded-systems hardware embedded iot cpp esp32 mcp-protocol voice-assistant voice-wake-word opus-audio websocket mqtt smart-home hardware-diy oled-display ai-agents

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