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Dev tools · April 26, 2026

ZeroClaw

Rust autonomous agent runtime. ~5MB core, runs on anything.

ZeroClaw launched on April 26, 2026 with 14 votes, #1,096 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

What it does

ZeroClaw is a private AI assistant that runs 100% locally on your machine. Connect to Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp. Your data never leaves your computer. No cloud, no subscriptions, complete privacy.

A lightweight, secure personal AI agent: one Rust binary on your machine, your keys or your local models. 30+ channels, supervised by default, open source.

One lightweight Rust binary on your machine, with your keys or your local models. It reaches 30+ channels, asks before risky actions, and can stamp every tool call with a cryptographic receipt. No cloud seat. No subscription. Most AI assistants are a seat you rent on someone else's machine. ZeroClaw is a binary you own on yours. It uses less memory than a browser tab and runs on hardware as small as a Raspberry Pi — the same agent on your workstation, your homelab, and boards it can actually touch (GPIO on Pi, STM32, Arduino, ESP32). Install the binary, point it at a provider, connect a channel. The one-liner grabs a prebuilt binary — a measured 14 seconds — and compiling from source is…from zeroclaw.com

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