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Meta Open-Sources Muse Gadgets; Makers Build Their Own Early

Meta open-sourced Muse Gadgets with ESP32 firmware and a Linux SDK. Ahead of official hardware shipping in December, developers have already ported the SDK to build their own Muse devices on ESP32-S3 boards.

2026-10-03 ~ 2026-10-04 · 2 episodes · 6 posts

Episode 1 · Meta Open-Sources Muse Gadgets for DIY AI Hardware (2026-10-03, 4 posts)

Meta has open-sourced Muse Gadgets under Apache 2.0, providing ESP32 firmware and a Linux SDK so makers can build custom hardware peripherals for its Muse personal AI agent, and is giving away 5,000 Home Link devices.

Episode 2 · Developers Port Meta's Muse SDK to ESP32 Ahead of Official Launch (2026-10-03, 2 posts)

Before official Muse hardware ships in December, developers used Meta's open-sourced Muse SDK to turn ESP32-S3 boards into DIY Muse devices, with one builder creating a desktop AI pet gadget connected to Claude.