Meta Open-Sources Muse Gadgets SDK to Put Its AI Agent on ESP32 and Raspberry Pi
Meta published Muse Gadgets, an open-source project hosted at gadgets.muse.ai, that lets developers run its Muse AI agent on third-party hardware. Software kits are available for ESP32 microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi boards, giving makers a path to build dedicated Muse devices without waiting for Meta’s own hardware releases.
What Muse Gadgets Provides
The project publishes firmware and connection software that routes the Muse AI agent through arbitrary hardware. An ESP32 board — a low-cost WiFi-enabled microcontroller common in hobbyist electronics — can host a Muse interface with the kit. Raspberry Pi users can attach screens and run Muse on existing single-board computer setups.
Muse Gadgets are defined as “open source devices you build” — meaning Meta provides the software stack and developers supply the hardware. The project page includes documentation and example configurations to guide the assembly.
Meta’s Own Hardware
Meta has been building its own Muse hardware in parallel. The Muse Home Link is an experimental USB-C dongle Meta produced in a limited run of 5,000 units, given away free to U.S. Muse subscribers as a reference device for bridging Muse to local networks. The Muse Charm, unveiled at Meta Connect in late September 2026, is a palm-sized keychain device aimed at wearable and personal-carry use cases.
Muse Gadgets sits alongside these proprietary devices as a third channel: open, user-assembled, and extensible.
Why It Matters
The SDK release is a distribution move. Meta has consistently positioned Muse as an AI agent layer rather than a product tied to any single surface — it runs in the Meta app, through the API, and now on custom hardware a developer builds over a weekend. Opening the hardware layer extends Muse’s reach into spaces Meta won’t directly address with its own devices: industrial sensors, ambient displays, experimental interfaces, custom form factors for accessibility use cases.
For developers already building on the Muse API, the Gadgets SDK provides a path to ship dedicated hardware products without negotiating OEM agreements or waiting for Meta’s hardware roadmap. For the hobbyist market, it is the equivalent of what Home Assistant did for smart home software — an open-source foundation that lets the community build before the commercial ecosystem catches up.
Meta’s Muse API, announced as part of the Meta Enterprise Platform on September 28, 2026, gives third-party developers a programmatic path to the Muse agent. The Gadgets project gives that developer ecosystem a hardware expression alongside the software-only channel.