Aging at home, on your own terms.

Pepa is a self-hosted, no-cloud assistant that helps an older adult remember, stay organized, and stay independent in their own home — in English y español. Free and open source.

Field notes from building an aging-in-place system in my own house, before I need it. You'll need one too.

See what Pepa does Why? Read the Manifesto What's up? Read the News

Works today: voice control in English and español
Always: nothing leaves the house

An older woman in a rattan chair in a sunlit Puerto Rican sunroom, smiling toward a small smart speaker on a side table beside a bowl of mangoes. — AI GeneratedIllustration, not a photo of a real person. She asks her house to switch offon the fan; the house does it, and the voice never leaves it.

The same sunroom at dusk. The ceiling fan light is on and the woman smiles toward the small smart speaker on the side table. — AI GeneratedIllustration, not a photo of a real person. She asks her house to switch offon the fan; the house does it, and the voice never leaves it.

What it feels like

“Apaga el abanico, por favor.”Talk to your house in English, español, or the Spanglish in between. Your voice never leaves home. Works today.

“Where did I put that?”Ask for the water heater warranty or what the doctor said last time. When Pepa is wrong, your word wins. In development.

Looked after, not spied onNo cameras. Pepa listens to the rhythms of the house and asks gently before it ever calls anyone. In development.

Pick your door

For families and caregiversWhat Pepa does, what it will never do, and why it keeps everything at home.

For buildersThe blueprint, the architecture, and the field notes. Build your first Pepa.

The blueprint

Pepa is a self-hosted, octopus-inspired, cognitive infrastructure blueprint to help the elderly preserve memory, organize knowledge, and maintain agency through deterministic AI-assisted systems.

Latest

News

Issue 20261028 - New home page, plus the “Oye Pepa!” wake-word call for voices. Details in the News.

Lend your voice: "Oye Pepa!"One minute, one phone recording. Help train the wake word of an open-source voice assistant for older adults.

Presta tu voz: "Oye Pepa!"Un minuto y el teléfono. Ayuda a entrenar el wake word de un asistente de voz open source para adultos mayores.

Pepa is experimental software and a personal research project. It is not a medical device, an alarm, or an emergency system, and nothing here is medical, legal, or technical advice. In an emergency, call 911.

Some content and images are AI-generated and labelled as such; they may contain errors. Provided as-is, use at your own risk. See the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Pepa es software experimental y un proyecto personal de investigación. No es un dispositivo médico, ni una alarma, ni un sistema de emergencia, y nada aquí constituye consejo médico, legal ni técnico. En una emergencia, llama al 911.

Parte del contenido y de las imágenes se genera con IA y se identifica como tal; puede contener errores. Se ofrece tal cual, bajo tu propio riesgo. Consulta los Términos de Uso y la Política de Privacidad (en inglés).