CuteMeow is an open-source AI companion for children. Hold the button and talk; it answers out loud. It chats, teaches characters and words, and remembers its kid. No big screen, no feed, no ads.
Not a toy that talks, but a companion that stays useful as the child grows.
Tell it about your day after school. It follows the conversation and remembers yesterday. Feed it, pet it, and it gets happy; leave it and it misses you.
Ask how a character is written and the screen shows it large with stroke order. Ask a word and you get a flash card. It reads pinyin tones one by one.
Her name, what she likes: it keeps that and picks up next time. Notes and reminders are in the works. A child's first personal assistant, starting with the smallest things.
A 4.2-inch black-and-white e-ink screen, like a small book. Easy on the eyes, no glow, and it naps to save power when nobody is talking to it.
Fully open source. One off-the-shelf dev board plus a server you own.
firmware/ (ESP-IDF).server/ is a small Bun service; the device streams audio over WebSocket while you speak.Conversations and the child's memory stay on your own server. No third-party platform in between.