Anna Dev

Anna Dev is a self-hosted voice assistant that streams browser audio to Gemini Live to report machine metrics.

Anna is a self-hosted voice assistant and web server designed for talking to Gemini Live. You run it on your own machine or server using your own Gemini API key. The developer edition is configured as a server monitoring and administration assistant that discusses load, memory, disk, and uptime. It features live transcripts, web search integration, Telegram messaging support, and a Python plugin system for adding custom skills. Conversations are logged locally in SQLite. It runs via Docker or directly from source code.

Anna Dev at a glance

Best for: Software engineer
Runs on: Web, Docker, Linux, macOS, Windows
Pricing: Free
Released: October 2026
Category: AI agent tool
Website: github.com/yankelperelman/anna-dev

Key features

Real-time browser voice conversation
Gemini Live integration
Live transcript generation
Built-in web search tool
Optional Telegram messaging
Python skill loading system
Local SQLite conversation logging
Server monitoring skill for CPU, RAM and disk

Use it for

Monitor server CPU load, memory and disk usage
Diagnose and maintain server infrastructure
Search the web for administration answers
Send server reports to Telegram chats

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