omi

A 2nd brain you trust more than your 1st

Omi captures your screen and conversations, transcribes in real-time, generates summaries and action items, and gives you an AI chat that remembers everything you've seen and heard. Works on desktop, phone and wearables.

   

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What is Omi?

Omi is an open-source AI wearable platform: a necklace that captures conversations, apps for phone and desktop, and a backend that turns what you say into memory you can search and chat with. The mobile apps, desktop apps, backend, firmware, and hardware designs are all open source in this repository (MIT); the hosted Omi Cloud service and paid plans are described at omi.me.

Quick Start

macOS

git clone https://github.com/BasedHardware/omi.git && cd omi/desktop/macos && ./run.sh --yolo

Builds the macOS app, connects to the cloud backend, and launches. No env files, no credentials, no local backend.

Requirements: macOS 14+, Xcode (includes Swift & code signing), Node.js

Windows

git clone https://github.com/BasedHardware/omi.git
cd omi\desktop\windows
npm install
copy .env.example .env
npm run dev

Starts the Windows desktop app from source using the public config in .env.example.

Requirements: Node.js

In a development worktree, run make setup once. It installs the Git hooks and syncs the pinned backend Python environment that some pre-push checks use. Mobile and desktop environments stay opt-in.

make setup

Full Installation

For local development with the full backend stack:

1. Install prerequisites

xcode-select --install
uv --version

2. Clone and configure

git clone https://github.com/BasedHardware/omi.git
cd omi/desktop/macos
cp ../../backend/.env.template ../../backend/.env

3. Build and run

./run.sh

See desktop/macos/README.md for environment variables and credential setup.

Mobile App

cd app && bash setup.sh ios    # or: bash setup.sh android

Try in Browser

How it works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      Your Devices                       │
│                                                         │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌───────────────────┐  │
│  │ Omi      │  │ macOS App    │  │ Mobile App        │  │
│  │ Wearable │  │ (Swift/Python) │  │ (Flutter)         │  │
│  └────┬─────┘  └──────┬───────┘  └────────┬──────────┘  │
│       │    BLE         │   HTTPS/WS        │             │
└───────┼────────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────┘
        │                │                   │
        ▼                ▼                   ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Omi Backend (Python)                  │
│                                                         │
│  ┌─────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌──────────┐  │
│  │ Listen  │  │ Pusher   │  │ VAD     │  │ Diarizer │  │
│  │ (REST)  │  │ (WS)     │  │ (GPU)   │  │ (GPU)    │  │
│  └─────────┘  └──────────┘  └─────────┘  └──────────┘  │
│  ┌─────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌──────────┐  │
│  │ STT     │  │ Firestore│  │ Redis   │  │ LLMs     │  │
│  │         │  │ (DB)     │  │ (Cache) │  │ (AI)     │  │
│  └─────────┘  └──────────┘  └─────────┘  └──────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Component	Path	Stack
macOS app	desktop/macos/	Swift, SwiftUI, Python desktop backend
Mobile app	app/	Flutter (iOS & Android)
Backend API	backend/	Python, FastAPI, Firebase
Firmware	omi/	nRF, Zephyr, C
Omi Glass	omiGlass/	ESP32-S3, C
SDKs	sdks/	Device (Python/Swift/RN + multi-lang protocol)
AI Personas	web/personas-open-source/	Next.js

Documentation

Everything for builders lives at docs.omi.me: apps and webhooks, the Developer API, the MCP server, the CLI, SDKs, hardware, and how Omi works. End-user guides live in the help center.

• What is Omi · Choose your path
• Developer API · API reference
• Build apps · MCP server · CLI · SDKs
• Hardware & firmware · Open hardware files
• Developer changelog

Omi Hardware

Open-source AI wearables that pair with the mobile app for continuous capture.

• Buy Omi · Buy Omi Glass Dev Kit
• Hardware docs · Open hardware files
• Flash firmware · Integrate your own wearable

Contributing

Contributions are welcome: bug reports with reproductions, apps and integrations built on the platform, community ports, and core PRs. Read the contribution guide and CONTRIBUTING.md first; PRODUCT.md describes the product direction and invariants. Paid, team-posted bounties appear on issues labeled "Paid Bounty 💰".

Community: Discord · Code of Conduct. User support: help.omi.me. Business and legal: team@basedhardware.com.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.