Jarvis
Shares rank 12 of 19 smart speakers by recommenders
Free open-source voice assistant that controls your apps and computer with local or hosted models. Critics say results lag OpenCode with the same model.
Free open-source voice assistant that controls your apps and computer with local or hosted models. Critics say results lag OpenCode with the same model.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 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
Controls apps and computer
“It has a crazy good HUD and is actually smart enough to control your entire computer all by itself”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Jarvis- your personal assistant for windows” “can drive other apps on your OS and can take control of your system to do repetitive tasks”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Jarvis- your personal assistant for windows” “It can literally control your apps on your android phone.”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Own Personal Jarvis” Runs locally or with hosted models
“Instead of being tied to one provider, it can work with local models, hosted models”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Personal Jarvis an open-source alternative to GrokBot” “it can run fully on your own hardware”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A voice layer over my whole computer: shell, agents, mouse, keyboard” Free and open source
“zero tracking, zero subscription, zero bullshit”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Wispr Flow raised $81M for this. I open-sourced it: jarvis.ceo (free forever)” “This is completely free and open source.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A voice layer over my whole computer: shell, agents, mouse, keyboard” Iron Man style HUD interface
“It has a crazy good HUD and is actually smart enough to control your entire computer all by itself”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Jarvis- your personal assistant for windows” “it also has a crazy amazing UI for people who like iron man”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Own Personal Jarvis”
Other smart speakers people recommend
The four most recommended other smart speakers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siri | 165 | 715 | 19% | 12 | 7 yrs23 owners | — |
| Amazon Alexa | 45 | 131 | 26% | 11 | — | — |
| Bose SoundTouch smart speakers | 37 | 18 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
| Google Assistant | 33 | 64 | 34% | 10 | — | — |
| JarvisThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“please star it, it helps me a lot”
“It has a crazy good HUD and is actually smart enough to control your entire computer all by itself”
“yo guys this app is crazy”
“can drive other apps on your OS and can take control of your system to do repetitive tasks”
“make sure to star my repo so you dont miss them”
“it also has a crazy amazing UI for people who like iron man”
“It automatically switch between api keys so you NEVER run out of usage limits.”
“it does not work on iphones, only androids”
“It can literally control your apps on your android phone.”
“Instead of being tied to one provider, it can work with local models, hosted models”
“open-jarvis seems cool too”
“This is completely free and open source.”
“it can run fully on your own hardware”
“It helps to read code from the masters, too”
“Still results were terrible using the same model in comparison to for example OpenCode.”
“seems to work better than anything else I've seen!”
“zero tracking, zero subscription, zero bullshit”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.