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ZeroClaw

by ZeroClaw Labs

An open-source personal AI agent you own: one small Rust binary on your machine that you reach from 30+ chat apps.

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Pricing
Free
Category
Personal assistant
Platforms
Apple, Linux, Terminal
Type
Texting · Open source
Maker
ZeroClaw Labs
Website
zeroclaw.com
Last verified
October 22, 2026

What it does

ZeroClaw is an open-source personal AI agent that runs as one lightweight Rust binary on your own machine, from a laptop or homelab to a Raspberry Pi or a cloud VM. You bring your own model key or a local model, connect chat apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, Discord, iMessage or email, and run its gateway and daemon so the agent keeps answering in the background. It starts in supervised mode: it asks before medium-risk actions, blocks high-risk ones, runs inside OS sandboxes, and can stamp every tool call with a cryptographic receipt. There is no ZeroClaw cloud and no subscription.

  • One native Rust binary, starts in milliseconds
  • 30+ chat channels behind one agent loop
  • 70+ AI model providers, hosted or local
  • Supervised autonomy and OS sandboxes by default
  • Optional HMAC-signed tool receipts
  • Runs on a Raspberry Pi and microcontroller boards
  • Runs 24/7 as a daemon on your own machine
  • Reached from 30+ chat apps

Best for

People who want a self-hosted personal agentRunning an assistant on your own hardware or local models

The maker

ZeroClaw Labs

“The personal AI agent you actually own.”In their words

Pros & cons

Cons

  • You install and run it yourself, and bring your own model key or local model.

Pricing

Free

Free and open source (MIT or Apache-2.0); no subscription and no hosted plan. You pay your AI model provider separately, or run a local model (official site, checked Oct 22, 2026).

Prices change. Confirm on the official site.

Runs on

MacLinuxCLIWhatsAppTelegramSMS

Runs on: Mac, Linux, CLI, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage/SMS, Slack, Discord. Not listed: iOS, Android, Windows, Web, Chrome, API.

One binary for macOS, Linux and other systems on ARM or x86 (install script, Homebrew or Docker), down to a Raspberry Pi. You talk to it through Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, Discord, iMessage, email, Matrix and 20+ more channels.

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Last verified October 22, 2026

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