AI agent starters · Rank #45
py-xiaozhi
Grade C: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Open-source AI assistant ecosystem with MCP integrations, multimodal workflows, IoT support, and cross-platform voice interaction.
Why this verdict
How we check →- 78 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30. receipt ↗
- Latest release v2.1.2, 38 days ago. receipt ↗
- OpenAI SDK 1 declared; latest is 3 (2 majors behind). receipt ↗
- NumPy 1 declared; latest is 2 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit 9bfc807 on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:16 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
- Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI SDK openai | 1.0.0 | 3.35.1 | 2 majors behind |
| NumPy numpy | 1.26.0 | 2.5.4 | 1 major behind |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AIReal-time voice AI
Real-time Voice AI — Opus codec with auto frame detection
- AIMulti-modal vision
Camera capture + vision-language model integration for image understanding
- AIOffline wake word
Sherpa-ONNX based on-device keyword spotting with custom wake word support
- APIMCP tool ecosystem
Modular JSON-RPC 2.0 tool server: music player, camera, screenshot
- OtherPlugin architecture
Event-driven async design, clean dependency injection, extensible plugin system
- OtherEvent-driven architecture
Based on asyncio asynchronous event loop, supporting high-concurrency processing
- OtherConfiguration system
Hierarchical configuration, dot notation access, dynamic updates
- OtherEncrypted communication
WSS/TLS encryption, certificate verification
- OtherDevice authentication
Dual protocol activation, device fingerprint recognition
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 5 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Steady | 2+ majors behind | 78 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Steady | 2+ majors behind | 94 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Active | 2+ majors behind | 95 |
Sources
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- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- pyproject.toml ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 9bfc807)
- requirements.txt ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 9bfc807)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)