HuskerMinion/techo5

Open firmware for the Echo Show 5 (2nd gen): Alpine Linux instead of Android, no Alexa. A local Home Assistant voice satellite with its own touch screen, on-device wake word, SSH and A/B over-the-air updates.

Hardware, IoT & roboticsGo#cronos#echo-show#esphome#home-assistant#mt8163

1.6 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 19, 2026.

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About the project

Open firmware for the Amazon Echo Show 5 (2nd gen): replaces Android and Alexa with Alpine Linux and a single Go daemon, turning the device into a local Home Assistant voice satellite with a screen, camera and Bluetooth.

Useful for

Flash an Echo Show 5 into a Home Assistant voice satellite without an Amazon account
Set up on-device wake word and voice control for a smart home
Use the Show 5 screen for Home Assistant clock, weather, cameras and timers

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

0 stars so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
The spike has held for 2 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 5 days old and already has 58 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @andypiper (956 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 58
Stars in a day: 5
Forks: 3
Issues and pull requests: 5
Watchers: 1
Language: Go
License: MIT
Latest release: v0.7.3 · September 18, 2026
Created: September 14, 2026
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 19, 2026Top new repositories this week: #193

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