OpenOctopus is an AI family home hub. It organizes family life into Realms — pet, parents, finance, work, health — each with its own knowledge base, agent team, and skill set. The same event reaches every family member with role-appropriate context: dad gets action items, mom gets coordination view, grandpa gets large-text essentials, kids get simplified info.
The killer feature: Summon. Turn any real-world entity — your dog, your mom, your car — into a living AI agent with memory, personality, and proactive behavior. It lives in your family group chat, not another app to install.
| Repo | Phase | Description |
|---|---|---|
| openoctopus | 1 | Core monorepo — shared, storage, core, summon, channels, ink, tentacle |
| coral | 1 | Family event routing engine — cross-realm intelligent coordination |
| realms | 1 | Official realm packages (Phase 1: pet + parents) |
| soul-gallery | 1 | Community SOUL.md template gallery |
| openoctopus.club | 1 | Landing page — Astro + Tailwind CSS |
| reef-bot | 1 | Discord community bot |
| mcp-discord | 1 | Discord MCP server for agent environments |
| community | 1 | The Reef — community policies & docs |
| openoctopus-ansible | 2 | Self-hosted deployment (Raspberry Pi) |
| casa | 2 | Smart home integration (Home Assistant) |
| realmhub | 3 | Realm package marketplace |
| homebrew-tap | 3 | brew install openoctopus |
- Realm — Autonomous life domain (like an octopus tentacle with its own nerve center)
- Entity — Object within a realm (living, asset, organization, abstract)
- Summon — Transform an entity into a living AI agent with memory & personality
- Agent — Three tiers: Central, Realm, and Summoned
- Skill — Global skills + Realm-scoped skills
- ⭐ Star the core repo
- 💬 Join The Reef (Discord)
- 🐦 Follow @openoctopus on X
Eight arms. Every family member covered. Your data, your tentacles.