MIRA
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 14 of 26 AI assistants by recommenders
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.
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.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 74%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Impressive, better than expected
“This was a much better experience than I expected.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “MIRA: Multiplayer Interactive World Models Trained on Rocket League” “I'm playing around with it, and it's very cool!”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “MIRA – An open-source persistent AI entity with memory” “you guys really blew the field out of the water”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: MIRA – Multiplayer World Model Trained on Rocket League” Self-hosted, open source, offline
“Significant improvements have been made on this front and now has rock offline/self-hosted solid reliability.”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “MIRA – Year-End RC: Stable Self-Model and HUD Architecture” “It's self-hosted, bring-your-own-model/BYOK, and most importantly, open source.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?”
Other AI assistants people recommend
The four most recommended other AI assistants, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | 5,175 | 5,005 | 51% | 13 | 6 mo326 owners | — |
| Google Gemini | 2,195 | 2,236 | 50% | 13 | 6 mo98 owners | — |
| ChatGPT | 2,186 | 2,885 | 43% | 13 | 1 yr164 owners | — |
| Grok | 727 | 1,249 | 37% | 13 | 1 mo19 owners | — |
| MIRAThis page | 14 | 5 | 74% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it looks cool at first but really quickly you'll start to see the gaps”
“you guys really blew the field out of the water”
“The demo button, and most of the features mentioned, dont seem to work for me”
“a lot of commands were just ignored”
“It feels like playing on a very slow computer.”
“This was a much better experience than I expected.”
“I saw lots of awesome ablations in the paper (loved it!)”
“It feels just like the real game.”
“It's self-hosted, bring-your-own-model/BYOK, and most importantly, open source.”
“Mira is your AI co-founder that turns raw ideas into structured, launch-ready business blueprints in minutes.”
“Significant improvements have been made on this front and now has rock offline/self-hosted solid reliability.”
“it fails to keep track even of a single storyline”
“I tried the web hosted one, and it just lied indeed.”
“does not edit the actual domaindoc file”
“I'm playing around with it, and it's very cool!”
“For now during this phase of people discovering it I'm eating the token costs so its 100% free to access and chat with.”
“the Business Source License (BSL) is not an Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved open-source license”
“It seemed really easy to get it to hang up when it's search tools raise an exception.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.