Cortana Alternatives for Linux

Cortana is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Lucida, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Cortana and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Cortana are Genie, kalliope, SEPIA Framework and Dragonfire.

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

    24 Lucida alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Lucida is the most popular Linux alternative to Cortana.

    • Lucida is the most popular Open Source alternative to Cortana.

    • Lucida is Free and Open SourceCortana is Free and Proprietary
  2. Genie icon
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    The open, privacy-preserving virtual assistant.

    27 Genie alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Genie is Free and Open SourceCortana is Free and Proprietary
  3. kalliope icon
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    Kalliope is a modular always-on voice controlled personal assistant designed for home automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
     
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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
     
  5. Dragonfire icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Leon icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Kara icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Presbot icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
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