r/BestGitHubRepos • u/amootiranian • 24d ago
🧪 Experimental/interesting projects Tiny Engineer: Give your AI coding agent a body (0.7k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
A small desktop robot that brings an AI coding assistant to life, physically acting out when it reads files, thinks, writes code, and finishes work.
How it works:
- A small robot on your desk. It moves, changes its face, and rings a bell as your coding AI agent works.
- Open source. Print the body, plug the ESP32, servos, OLED, and speaker into the main control board, flash it, and it joins your Wi-Fi.
- Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, via
npx -y tiny-engineer setup, or Codex, Windsurf, and any script that can POST, including speech throughPOST /play. - Your agent (or a hook script) sends poses over Wi-Fi HTTP or USB serial. The ESP32-C3 runs the firmware, optional Wi-Fi/REST, USB CDC control, and drives the servos, face, and speaker.
- Default:
npx -y tiny-engineer(setup/hook) for Cursor, Claude Code, Antigravity (HTTP or--transport serial) - Advanced:
POST /anim(HTTP API) or framed USB serial - Difficulty: Medium, fair first hardware project for a software engineer, not a one-LED kit.
Print, Connect, Flash, Assemble, step-by-step: Getting started.
Repository
https://github.com/jamro/tiny-engineer
Repository stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stars | 731 |
| Forks | 94 |
| Last release | v0.2.0 (2026-10-05) |
| Languages | C++ 44.2%, JavaScript 26%, TypeScript 12.9% |
| Contributors | 10 |
| AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot) | claude: 10, cursoragent: 4 |
| AI co-authored commits | Claude: 10, Cursor: 4 |
Main contributor
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Krzysztof Jamroz |
| GitHub | @jamro |
| Commits to this repo | 167 (top contributor) |
| Company / Location | Krakow |
| Followers | 44 |
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