An open-source Siri competitor that never made it to the party

What it does

SUSI.AI is a conversational assistant in the mold of Siri or Alexa, and this repo is its native iOS client. The app queries a hosted SUSI server for answers, handles login to sync personal data, and can pair with a SUSI Smart Speaker. It also leans on phone sensors—geolocation, specifically—to answer “things nearby” questions.

The interesting bit

The project’s explicit roadmap is to copy the Android app. That’s a refreshingly honest admission of second-mover status, though it also means the iOS version is permanently playing catch-up rather than exploiting any platform-specific capabilities.

Key highlights

• Native Swift 4.2, Xcode 10-era project (circa 2018–2019)
• Uses CocoaPods for dependency management
• Integrates with SUSI Server and SUSI Skill Data for query responses
• Supports pairing with SUSI Smart Speaker hardware
• Geolocation-aware answers for local queries
• Apache 2.0 licensed

Caveats

• The README still says “Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10 is required,” which suggests the project has not been actively maintained for several iOS generations
• Branch policy notes an “initialization period” where commits go straight to master, implying the project never fully matured its workflow

Verdict

Worth a look if you’re studying open-source assistant architectures or need a reference for a similar client-server chat app. Skip it if you want a maintained, production-ready voice assistant—this appears to be a stalled FOSSASIA student/community project with nearly 2k stars but little recent momentum.