Open Source Cortana Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Cortana is Mycroft. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Cortana and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cortana are kalliope, Lucida, Dragonfire and Genie.

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Cortana alternatives are mainly Virtual Assistants but may also be Text to Speech Services or Workflow Automation Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cortana.
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Cortana alternatives page was last updated Jun 4, 2023
  1. Mycroft icon
     39 likes

    Mycroft is an open source voice assistant, that can be installed on Linux, Raspberry Pi, or on the Mark 1 hardware device.

    26 Mycroft alternatives
    Mycroft screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Raspberry Pi

    Mycroft Features

    1.  Personal-assistant
    2.  Assistant
    3.  Natural Language Processing
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Speech Recognition
    6.  Voice recognition
    7.  Text to Speech
    8.  Voice Commands
    9.  Voice Search
    10.  Hackable
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from December 2021.

    Mycroft iconCortana Icon

    Mycroft VS Cortana

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    • Most users think Mycroft is a great Cortana alternative.

    • Mycroft is the most popular Android & Linux alternative to Cortana.

    • Mycroft is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cortana.

    • Mycroft is Free and Open SourceCortana is Free and Proprietary
  2. kalliope icon
     6 likes

    Kalliope is a modular always-on voice controlled personal assistant designed for home automation.

    30 kalliope alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android

    kalliope Features

    1.  Personal-assistant
    2.  Speech to text
    3.  Modular System
    4.  Speech Recognition
    5.  Bots
    kalliope iconCortana Icon

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  3.  4 likes

    formely known as Sirius, Lucida is a speech and vision based intelligent personal assistant developed in Clarity Lab at the University of Michigan.

    28 Lucida alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last commit to the GitHub repo was made on July 7th, 2017.

    Cortana Icon

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  4. Dragonfire icon
     7 likes

    Dragonfire is an open source virtual assistant for Linux operating systems especially for Ubuntu based distributions. Dragonfire will be preinstalled software package on DragonOS Linux Distribution.

    28 Dragonfire alternatives
    Dragonfire screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Dragonfire Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Speech Recognition
    3.  Speech to text
    4.  Voice Search
    5.  Chat Bot
    6.  Natural Language Processing
    7.  Voice Commands
    Discontinued

    The website is unavailable, and the last update was in December 2020.

    Dragonfire iconCortana Icon

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  5. Genie icon
     7 likes

    The open, privacy-preserving virtual assistant.

    29 Genie alternatives
    Genie screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Genie Features

    Features

    1.  Voice Search
    2.  Service Integration
    3.  Natural Language Processing
    4. Facebook icon  Facebook integration
    5. X icon  X Integration
    6.  Customizable triggers
    7. Instagram icon  Instagram integration
    8.  Personal-assistant
    Genie iconCortana Icon

    Genie VS Cortana

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    • Genie is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Cortana.

    • Genie is Free and Open SourceCortana is Free and Proprietary
  6. SEPIA Framework icon
     5 likes

    SEPIA is a server-based, extendable, personal, intelligent assistant. The SEPIA-Framework is a collection of open-source modules and tools that form a coherent ecosystem for self-hosted, privacy-compliant, voice-controlled applications and devices.

    16 SEPIA Framework alternatives
    SEPIA Framework screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Personal-assistant
    2.  Google assistant
    3.  Speech Recognition
    4.  Voice Commands
    5.  Natural Language Processing
    6.  Chat Bot
    SEPIA Framework iconCortana Icon

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  7. Kara icon
     3 likes

    Simply put, Kara is a voice assistant that steals 0% of your data so you stay free! She is a actively maintained, modular, and designed to customize.

    13 Kara alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Kara Features

    1.  Speech to text
    2.  Speech Recognition
    3.  Voice recognition
    Kara iconCortana Icon

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  8. Saiy - Voice Command Assistant icon
     2 likes

    Saiy is the new version of utter! rebuilt from the ground up and it’s now Open Source too!

    10 Saiy - Voice Command Assistant alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android

    Saiy - Voice Command Assistant Features

    1.  Voice recognition
    2.  Speech Recognition
    3.  Personal-assistant
    Discontinued

    Unavailable on app store. Latest commit 5047da4 on Apr 1, 2018. See https://github.com/brandall76/Saiy-PS

    Saiy - Voice Command Assistant iconCortana Icon

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  9. Leon icon
     2 likes

    Leon is an open-source personal assistant who can live on your server. You can talk to him and he can talk to you. You can also text him and he can also text you. Leon can communicate with you by being offline to protect your privacy.

    14 Leon alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Leon Features

    1.  Personal-assistant
    Leon iconCortana Icon

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  10. Presbot icon
     3 likes

    Presbot is a community of chatbots, an interactive version of Linkedin. Presbot provides the simplest and fastest way to create your personal and professional chatbot. Presbot employs rule based and machine learning algorithms and learns from each interaction with your end users.

    33 Presbot alternatives
    Presbot screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS

    Presbot Features

    1.  Chatbot Builder
    Presbot iconCortana Icon

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