Show HN: Hermes, Kokoro and Parakeet, behind a face you can talk to

Category: ai-ml

Tags: voice-assistant, macos, on-device-ml, llm-agent, privacy

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Memoe is a native macOS voice assistant that lives in the notch, combining local speech models (Parakeet, Kokoro) with a bring-your-own-LLM agent loop (Hermes) and accessibility-based Mac control (cua-driver). It stands out for its privacy-respecting, on-device speech pipeline, explicit send-approval workflow, and open-core architecture with a fully buildable community edition.

Target audience: macOS power users, developers interested in local AI assistants, privacy-conscious users

Repository: https://memoe.app/ · Swift · Apache-2.0 · 3 stars

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