# MIRA

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/mira/

5 people recommended MIRA in Hacker News comments, 4 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-source, self-hosted AI assistant with persistent memory that people can run with their own model; a hosted version is free for now. Critics say it loses track of storylines and ignores commands.

Summary written by Claude from 18 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 15 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Impressive, better than expected (2 comments in the sample): "This was a much better experience than I expected." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839723)) "I'm playing around with it, and it's very cool!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46342364))
- Self-hosted, open source, offline (2 comments in the sample): "Significant improvements have been made on this front and now has rock offline/self-hosted solid reliability." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46447301)) "It's self-hosted, bring-your-own-model/BYOK, and most importantly, open source." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48670525))

## Other AI assistants people recommend

- [Claude](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude/): 2879 recommend, 1155 mixed, 4039 criticize
- [Google Gemini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini/): 1324 recommend, 483 mixed, 1879 criticize
- [ChatGPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chatgpt/): 1283 recommend, 506 mixed, 2464 criticize
- [Grok](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok/): 449 recommend, 176 mixed, 1100 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MIRA", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mira/ (5 recommend, 4 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.