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iva-agent

iva-agent is an open-source voice assistants project written in TypeScript with 175 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “AI assistant in Telegram that remembers everything and helps you run your life. Self-hosted in one command.”

Category

Voice assistants

Type

Open source

Platform

TypeScript project

Pricing

Free / open source

License

MIT

GitHub stars

175

Last updated

2026-08-19

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Frequently asked

What is iva-agent?

iva-agent is an open-source voice assistants project written in TypeScript with 175 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “AI assistant in Telegram that remembers everything and helps you run your life. Self-hosted in one command.”

Is iva-agent free?

iva-agent is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

What are the best iva-agent alternatives?

The closest alternatives in the same category include agenticSeek, pipecat, py-xiaozhi, jarvis, moltis — each has a live profile with facts and its own alternatives list on this hub.