Little Brother watches the house, remembers the day and calls the family
Little Brother is a guardian for your home. You pick what kind of guardian it is, a calm watchman, a protective aunt, and the AI writes its personality. You give it a name, a voice and a face. Then it looks after the house through small sentinel devices you place in rooms, one shared memory across all of them.
Add your family: the grown-ups, the kids, the dog, the babysitter. Each person can have goals, a phone number and a daily call time. In the evening, Little Brother reviews everything it saw and heard, works out what matters for each person, and calls them to talk it through. A goal like reading twenty minutes a day becomes gentle coaching on that call. A note like not allowed on the couch becomes something it watches for.
Set the household mode to match the day. Kids home alone puts the children first. Away flags any movement or voices. Little Brother uses a kid-safe voice for anyone in the room who presses the button, and the whole site is locked safe-for-work at build time. It is alpha and still growing, so expect changes.
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What you can do
- One guardian with a personality, voice and face you choose
- Small sentinel devices, one per room, set up from the browser
- Kids home alone mode that puts the children first
- Family roster with goals, phone numbers and daily call times
- An evening review and a call to each family member you choose
- A kid-safe voice for anyone in the room who presses the button
How it works
- Describe your guardian and let the AI write its personality, then give it a name, a voice and a portrait.
- Flash a CoreS3 with the Little Brother image in the setup wizard and place it in a room.
- Add the household: names first, then optional roles, goals, inboxes, phone numbers and call times.
- Set the household mode for the day and let the guardian watch and log.
- Each evening it reviews the day and calls the family members you picked with what mattered.
Frequently asked questions
What does Little Brother do for a family?
It watches the house through sentinel devices, keeps a log of the day, and each evening reviews what it saw, heard and read and calls the family members you choose with what mattered.
Is it safe to have around children?
The site is locked safe-for-work at build time. Little Brother uses a kid-safe voice for anyone in the room who presses the button, and a Kids home alone mode puts the children first in the evening review.
What do I need to buy?
Small CoreS3 devices, one per room. Plug one into your computer, open the setup wizard, choose Little Brother Sentinel, and it is flashed, joined to your WiFi and paired in one step.
What does a parent control?
The guardian's personality and voice, which rooms have a sentinel, who is on the roster, who gets a call and when, the household mode, and every goal and watch note.
Is it finished?
No. Little Brother is marked alpha and is a work in progress, so features will change and some are still being built. Talking through a room in the guardian voice, for example, is still waiting on speaker firmware.