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 25 alternatives to Cortana and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cortana are Dragonfire, Genie, kalliope and SEPIA Framework.

Cortana alternatives are mainly Virtual Assistants but may also be Text to Speech Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cortana.

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Mycroft
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Linux
Android
Raspberry Pi
24 Mycroft alternatives
Mycroft is an open source voice assistant, that can be installed on Linux, Raspberry Pi, or on the Mark 1 hardware device.
- - Mycroft is the most popular Android & Linux alternative to Cortana.
- - Mycroft is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cortana.
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Mycroft Features
1. No TrackingMycroft will not track you or use your personal data.
Personal-assistant
Assistant
Natural Language Processing
Configurable
Speech Recognition
Voice recognition
Voice Commands
Voice Search
Hackable
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Almost everyone thinks Mycroft is a great Cortana alternative.
Dragonfire
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Linux
25 Dragonfire alternatives
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.
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Dragonfire Features
1. Text to SpeechDragonfire allows you to transform written text into spoken text.
Speech Recognition
Speech to text
Voice Search
Chat Bot
Natural Language Processing
Voice Commands
Genie
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Flathub
Flatpak
28 Genie alternatives
The open, privacy-preserving virtual assistant.
- - Genie is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Cortana.
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Genie Features
Voice Search
Service Integration
Natural Language Processing
Facebook integration
Twitter Integration
Customizable triggers
Instagram integration
Personal-assistant
kalliope
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Linux
Android
26 kalliope alternatives
Kalliope is a modular always-on voice controlled personal assistant designed for home automation.
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kalliope Features
Personal-assistant
Speech to text
Modular System
Speech Recognition
Bots
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SEPIA Framework
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
14 SEPIA Framework alternatives
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.
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SEPIA Framework Features
1. Privacy focusedSEPIA Framework is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Personal-assistant
Google assistant
Customizable
Speech Recognition
Voice Commands
Natural Language Processing
Chat Bot
Presbot
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Chrome OS
31 Presbot alternatives
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.
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Presbot Features
Chatbot Builder
Kara
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Free • Open Source
Virtual Assistant
Mac
Windows
Linux
10 Kara alternatives
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.
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Kara Features
Speech to text
Speech Recognition
Voice recognition
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Saiy - Voice Command Assistant
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Freemium • Open Source
Android
8 Saiy - Voice Command Assistant alternatives
Saiy is the new version of utter! rebuilt from the ground up and it’s now Open Source too!
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Saiy - Voice Command Assistant Features
Voice recognition
Speech Recognition
Personal-assistant
Discontinued
Unavailable on app store. Latest commit 5047da4 on Apr 1, 2018. See https://github.com/brandall76/Saiy-PS
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Jasper
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Free • Open Source
Linux
Raspberry Pi
7 Jasper alternatives
Jasper is an open source platform for developing always-on, voice-controlled applications.
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Jasper Features
Voice Commands
Voice input
Lucida
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Free • Open Source
Linux
25 Lucida alternatives
Sirius is an open-source end-to-end standalone intelligent personal assistant (IPA) service. Sirius receives queries in the form of speech or images and returns results in the form of natural language. Sirius implements the core functionalities of an IPA including speech...
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Discontinued
The last commit to the GitHub repo was made on July 7th, 2017.
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Leon
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
12 Leon alternatives
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.
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Leon Features
Personal-assistant
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