Leon ai by leon-ai
Leon is your open-source personal assistant.
leonpersonal-assistantnodejspythonaiartificial-intelligencespeech-to-texttext-to-speechspeech-recognitionspeech-synthesisassistantvirtual-assistant
Verdict 72/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 months ago
Health score
72 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
17k
1.4k forks
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
activity
94
maturity
85
community
62
security
70
sustainability
100
adoption
38
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 17k | github.com/leon-ai/leon |
| GitHub forks | 1.4k | github.com/leon-ai/leon |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 149 | leon |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 7.2 years | since Feb 2019 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 23 | last: 3 months ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Google backs London AI Campus with Camden partners to expand AI skills provision
- Before Leon AI 2.0, I want to say this
- Meta and AMD Partner for Longterm AI Infrastructure Agreement
- Show HN: I built a tool to make 15-minute AI videos with character consistency
- Show HN: Let your Claude Code message you on Telegram when it needs decisions
Ready to self-host Leon ai?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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