A curated list of efficient, open-source, OpenClaw-inspired AI assistant agents.
The open-source personal AI assistant space is evolving fast. Inspired by OpenClaw, a growing wave of projects is emerging — each reimagining what a personal AI agent should look like: leaner, faster, more portable, and more secure. This repository tracks that movement and provides a comprehensive directory of these projects.
The Claw ecosystem represents a growing trend of efficient, open-source, AI-powered personal assistants. It started with OpenClaw — a full-featured, multi-channel AI assistant that runs on your own hardware. Since then, a wave of inspired projects has emerged, each optimizing for different goals:
| Goal | Description |
|---|---|
| 🪶 Efficiency | Run on minimal hardware — from $10 boards to old Android phones |
| 🔒 Security | Sandbox agents in real containers instead of relying on application-level checks |
| 🧩 Simplicity | Small, understandable codebases that you can audit in minutes |
| 🌍 Portability | Single-binary deploys across ARM, x86, and RISC-V architectures |
| 🔌 Extensibility | Swappable providers, channels, tools, and memory backends |
This repository serves as a central directory for discovering, comparing, and contributing to these projects.
| Project | Description | Channels | Repo | Contributors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenClaw |
The original full-featured personal AI assistant — multi-agent routing, voice wake, live canvas, companion apps, and 15+ messaging channels | WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Teams, Google Chat, WebChat, + more | openclaw/openclaw | 685+ |
PicoClaw |
Ultra-efficient Go assistant for $10 hardware — AI-bootstrapped migration, single binary, runs on old Android phones | WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, WebChat | sipeed/picoclaw | 58+ |
ZeroClaw |
100% Rust, trait-driven, zero-overhead AI infrastructure — fully swappable core, deploys anywhere | WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack | zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw | 64+ |
nanobot |
Ultra-lightweight OpenClaw in ~4,000 lines of Python — research-ready, one-click deploy, MCP support, agent social network | Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Email, Feishu, QQ, MoChat | HKUDS/nanobot | 50+ |
TinyClaw |
Multi-agent, multi-team, multi-channel assistant — agents collaborate via chain execution and fan-out with isolated workspaces | Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram | jlia0/tinyclaw | 8+ |
MimiClaw |
Pocket AI assistant on a $5 ESP32-S3 chip — pure C, no OS, 0.5W, local-first memory on flash, runs 24/7 on USB power | Telegram, WebSocket | memovai/mimiclaw | 3+ |
IronClaw |
Security-first Rust assistant — WASM sandboxed tools, prompt injection defense, hybrid search memory, Docker sandbox orchestration | REPL, HTTP, Telegram, Slack, Web Gateway | nearai/ironclaw | 25+ |
NanoClaw |
Lightweight alternative you can understand in 8 minutes — agents run in real containers with filesystem isolation | WhatsApp (extensible via skills) | qwibitai/nanoclaw | 15+ |
SupaClaw |
Built entirely on Supabase built-in features. Use within your Supabase account or fully self-host. | Telegram (extensible) | vincenzodomina/supaclaw | 1+ |
| Project | Language | Memory | Startup | Architecture | Security Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenClaw | TypeScript | ~400MB+ | Moderate | Multi-module Gateway + Agent runtime | Application-level allowlists & pairing |
| PicoClaw | Go | <10MB | ~1s | Single static binary | Configurable sandbox |
| ZeroClaw | Rust | <5MB | Near-instant | Trait-driven, fully swappable | Strict sandboxing + explicit allowlists |
| nanobot | Python | Low | Fast | Modular agent loop + message bus + skills | Workspace restriction + channel allowlists |
| TinyClaw | Shell / TypeScript | Low | Fast | File-based queue + parallel agent processing | Isolated agent workspaces |
| MimiClaw | C | <520KB RAM | Near-instant | Dual-core ESP32-S3 bare-metal agent loop | Local-only flash storage + network allowlists |
| IronClaw | Rust | Low | Fast | Agent loop + Docker orchestrator + WASM plugins | WASM sandbox + credential isolation + prompt injection defense |
| NanoClaw | TypeScript | Low | Fast | Single process + Container isolation | OS-level container sandboxing |
| SupaClaw | TypeScript | Medium | Medium | Postgres + Edge Functions | No system access, Cloud based, JWT Auth |
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