Meta open sources Muse gadget code for 5,000 free Home Links

Meta on 2 October 2026 open sourced the firmware and device software kits for building Muse gadgets, do-it-yourself hardware that connects its Muse AI agent to displays, buttons, sensors, and actuators. The company also introduced the Muse Home Link, a USB-C device that links Muse to a home network, offered free to United States Muse subscribers while supplies last.theverge.com

The release matters because it moves Muse, Meta's personal AI agent that handles email, reservations, and calendars, out of the chat window and into physical devices a builder can assemble on a workbench. Until now the only dedicated Muse hardware was the Muse Charm, which chief executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed at Connect. The new software kits let anyone with an off-the-shelf board give the agent a presence in a room.engadget.com+1

What the release includes

Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, announced the release in a post on X, writing: "Announcing Muse Gadgets, an open source ESP32 firmware and Linux sdk so that you can make hardware devices that work with Muse." He directed builders to take an API token from the Muse Gadgets page and point a coding agent at the project's GitHub repository.unite.ai

The code lives in the facebookincubator/muse-gadget-sdk repository on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence, provided as-is without warranty. The repository is split into esp32, linux, and skills directories, each with a README.md file for builders and an AGENTS.md file for coding agents such as Muse Code. Meta publishes two kits: an ESP32 Device SDK and a Linux Device SDK.

The ESP32 Device SDK connects an off-the-shelf ESP32 board to Muse, with options to add a screen showing images, audio in and out, or wired sensors. The Linux Device SDK turns a spare Raspberry Pi or Linux box into a gadget, supporting custom commands; the repository's examples let Muse handle system administration chores or a Home Assistant setup. Gadgets pair with the Muse app on iOS and Android through Settings, then Devices, after Developer mode is turned on, and appear with a "MuseGadget" prefix.

How the Home Link works

Friedman also introduced the Muse Home Link as "a little usb-c powered device that allows Muse to connect to your home network to talk to smart home devices like TVs and speakers and anything else that exposes https." Meta says community-built skills can turn on a light, control a TV, or send a document to a printer, depending on the setup.

Meta manufactured 5,000 Home Links. Friedman wrote that the batch "should be ready to ship in a few weeks, and they are free for Muse subscribers while supplies last," and said all the Home Link code is open source. The claim terms limit the offer to active Muse subscribers in the United States only, one per subscriber, with units shipping in October on a first come, first served basis. Claiming holds a place in line and is not an order.

Meta lists seven featured project ideas: a Raspberry Pi 5 build linking Muse to Home Assistant, a Waveshare round AMOLED touchscreen with push-to-talk, a Seeed reTerminal E1002 colour E Ink display for morning briefings, the pocket-size M5Stack StickS3, the AiPi Lite desk companion, an ideaspark board with a 1.9-inch colour display, and the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition. An HDMI stick is marked coming soon. Meta notes these devices are made and sold by other companies and it does not endorse them.

What builders must accept

The Apache 2.0 licence excludes several third-party files that keep their upstream licences: the minimp3 header under CC0-1.0, a pixel font file derived from Adafruit GFX under BSD-2-Clause, ESP-IDF components fetched at build time, and the simulator's LVGL and SDL libraries. The licence does not cover the Jollybot avatar. Every gadget needs an SDK token to pair, and builders must review the Gadget SDK Terms before flashing hardware.

Meta frames the release as a just-for-fun project built by and for hardware hackers. Its site warns that side effects of tinkering may include bricked boards, voided warranties, brownouts, or bankruptcies, and Meta tells builders to "Proceed at your own risk!" The code is provided as-is, without warranty, and claiming a Home Link only holds a place in line rather than placing an order.

Meta is building a community around the effort through a dedicated Discord server, where builders share finished projects in the #projects channel with a photo or short video, a line or two about the project, and a GitHub repository with a README. Meta says it may feature shared projects on the Muse Gadgets page, linked to their repositories so others can build them. Home Link shipping begins in October 2026 on a first come, first served basis to active US Muse subscribers, one per subscriber, and Meta says it will notify subscribers when the device is available to ship. The HDMI stick project remains marked coming soon on the Muse Gadgets page.