Omi
Open-source $89 AI wearable that listens, transcribes, and summarizes your day.
About
Omi is a pendant-sized wearable AI device from Based Hardware that continuously listens to conversations, transcribes them, and generates summaries and action items. It can be worn as a necklace or attached to the temple, where a single electrode attempts to detect when the wearer is speaking to it. The companion app for iOS and Android supports more than 250 community plugins spanning Notion, Slack, Google Drive, and Zapier integrations.
Both the hardware design and the software are open source, with the GitHub repo at 13,744 stars as of October 2026, positioning Omi as a platform rather than a closed device. The consumer pendant costs $89 and the dev kit $69, with battery life of roughly 3 to 7 days depending on use. Reviews rate it around 4/5 but flag always-on microphone privacy concerns and note the brain-interface feature is experimental and unreliable.
What it can do
- Always-listening conversation capture with auto transcription
- Post-conversation summaries and dynamic to-dos
- Open-source hardware and software (13,744 GitHub stars)
- 250+ community plugins and integrations
- Personas for creating AI bots from social profiles
- Temple-worn brain-interface for wake detection (experimental)
Setup
- Order the Omi pendant ($89) or dev kit ($69) from omi.me.
- Install the Omi companion app on iOS or Android and pair the device.
- Choose cloud or local-only storage for recordings.
- Browse the app store and install plugins for your workflows.
Prerequisites
Omi hardware; an iOS or Android phone for the companion app.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 6/10
Scored 6/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: open-source hardware and software, 13,744 GitHub stars on BasedHardware/omi (GitHub API, Oct 2026); $89 pendant / $69 dev kit public pricing; ~4/5 review rating (producthunter); 250+ community plugins. Strengths: genuinely open platform, affordable hardware, active community. Docked for: (1) always-on mic raises real privacy questions; (2) brain-interface is experimental and summaries can miss context. License: open-source (hardware + software).
★ 13,744 GitHub stars
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 6.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 9.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 6.0/10
- · 13,744 GitHub stars on BasedHardware/omi (GitHub API, Oct 2026)
- · Public pricing: $89 pendant, $69 dev kit; ~4/5 review rating (producthunter)
- · 250+ community plugins; open-source hardware design and software
- · Battery 3-7 days; always-on mic privacy concerns and experimental BCI flagged in reviews
Sources
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