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Self-hosted house companion driven by a local LLM — voice, Home Assistant, and automations you talk into existence
richard-companion is an open-source, self-hosted home AI companion (v0.1.0) that runs entirely on your local hardware using a local large language model (LLM). It integrates with Home Assistant to give you voice-driven control over your smart home, letting you create and manage automations simply by speaking to it — no cloud services, no subscriptions, and no data leaving your network. Designed for privacy-conscious home automators, it combines speech recognition, a local LLM backend, and Home Assistant's ecosystem to deliver a fully private, conversational smart home experience.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free / Open Source | $0 /mo | Completely free and open source · Self-hosted on your own hardware · No cloud dependencies or subscription fees · Bring your own local LLM (e.g. via Ollama, llama.cpp, etc.) |
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