Meta opens up Muse AI code so anyone can build their own gadgets

Meta has released open-source code that lets developers build their own hardware for Muse, the company’s AI agent, instead of relying only on devices Meta makes itself. The code works with off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller boards or a Raspberry Pi, both common parts among hobbyist electronics builders.

“Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself,” Meta says. “Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench.” A software development kit, or SDK, is a set of tools for building programs on a specific device.

Meta pitched a few sample projects: putting Muse on a color E Ink display, a type of low-power screen often used in e-readers, to show reminders; wiring Muse into an HDMI stick so the agent appears on a television or monitor; or building a small touchscreen gadget resembling a do-it-yourself version of the Muse Charm, a wearable device Meta has also sold. The company added a blunt caveat alongside the release: “Proceed at your own risk!”

A free gadget alongside the open code

Separate from the open-source code, Meta is giving away a Muse Home Link gadget that it designed and built itself. With the Home Link, people can use skills built by the developer community to have Muse carry out tasks such as turning on a light, controlling a TV, or sending a document to a printer, depending on what hardware is connected, Meta says.

Meta manufactured 5,000 of the Home Link devices, according to Nat Friedman of Meta Superintelligence Labs. A waitlist for the gadget is open now, with shipping expected sometime this month.

The move pushes Muse past the more controlled settings where Meta has so far deployed it, including enterprise tools the company has built for businesses. Opening the underlying code to hobbyists means Muse could end up running on hardware Meta never tested or approved, which is likely why the company is warning builders to proceed carefully. Muse has already drawn scrutiny on the privacy front: the agent was reported to have sent a YouTuber’s home address to a stranger, an incident Meta has not detailed further in this release.

What happens next depends on what the DIY community actually builds, and whether Meta’s warning about risk turns out to cover real failure cases or just legal caution. The Home Link waitlist and its shipping timeline this month will be the first concrete test of how many people want a Muse device in their home at all.