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EchoMuse

A local voice assistant for Home Assistant on old Amazon Echoes, with no Amazon software left on them: our own Linux userspace (emOS), our own audio pipeline, and a wake word that runs on the Echo, so nothing is sent…

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

EchoMuse is a home automation program.

Features described in its GitHub repository: Docker deployment and web interface.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A local voice assistant for Home Assistant on old Amazon Echoes, with no Amazon software left on them: our own Linux userspace (emOS), our own audio pipeline, and a wake word that runs on the Echo, so nothing is sent…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Their microphones, speaker, LED ring and buttons all work. • A controller you run on your own network, as a Home Assistant add-on or a Docker container.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “It detects the wake word, manages your devices and has a web dashboard. • A way to reuse hardware that sells second-hand for very little.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

EchoMuse is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub wilbowes/EchoMuse (MIT)

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