Xiaomi-incubated HachimoDock, a user-built desktop AI pet, goes open source
Overview
Xiaomi's innovation team showed HachimoDock, a desktop AI device users can build themselves, at the 2026 Guancha Conference, according to Pandaily.
The team says the hardware costs about 150 yuan to make at home. The device passes voice requests to computer agents such as Codex and WorkBuddy and controls smart home devices through Xiaomi's open-source Miloco project.
A later QbitAI report says Xiaomi has open-sourced HachimoDock, with source code on GitHub and the hardware bill of materials, structural models and assembly guides available on the Lichuang (JLCPCB) platform.
The license allows personal, non-commercial replication, modification and component creation. Commercial use, commercial integration or separate product development requires written permission from the rights holders.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 2, 2:34 AM ET
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- Nov 2, 1:08 AM ET · 1 articleXiaomi open-sources HachimoDock, a roughly 150-yuan AI desktop companion deviceQbitAI: Xiaomi open-sources HachimoDock, a roughly 150-yuan AI desk companion
- Oct 26, 2:51 AM ET · 1 articleXiaomi-incubated team shows HachimoDock, a DIY desktop AI pet devicePandaily: Xiaomi-incubated HachimoDock desktop AI pet sends voice tasks to Codex and WorkBuddy
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- QbitAINewsXiaomi open-sources HachimoDock, a roughly 150-yuan AI desk companion
AIXiaomi's internal innovation team has open-sourced HachimoDock, an AI desk companion with a self-built hardware cost of about 150 yuan. The device controls AI agents by voice, links to Xiaomi's open-source Miloco project for smart home control, and supports custom pet characters and minute-level component creation. Its source code is on GitHub, and hardware bill of materials, structural models, and assembly guides are available on the Lichuang (JLCPCB) platform.
- PandailyNewsXiaomi-incubated HachimoDock desktop AI pet sends voice tasks to Codex and WorkBuddy
AIAn innovation team incubated by Xiaomi's technology committee showed HachimoDock, a user-built desktop AI device, at the 2026 Guancha Conference. The team says the hardware costs about 150 yuan to make at home. HachimoDock hands voice requests to computer agents such as Codex and WorkBuddy and controls smart home devices through Xiaomi Miloco, and its code is public on GitHub under a source-available license that bars commercial use without written permission.
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