What is ZeroClaw?
Personal AI agent in one Rust binary that you reach through chat apps and that acts in your shell.
Who is ZeroClaw best for?
ZeroClaw is best for technical users who want an always-on AI agent on their own machine, reached through chat apps.
An assistant in your chat apps
One agent answers on every channel you turn on, from Telegram and Signal to Slack, Matrix and email.
Private setups with local models
Pointed at Ollama or another local server, both the model and the agent run on your hardware, so prompts stay there.
Unattended jobs
Schedules, webhooks and channel events trigger the agent, which can run as a background service on Linux, macOS or a Raspberry Pi.
Shell work with an audit trail
Command allowlists, OS sandboxes and optional signed tool receipts limit what it runs and show what it ran.
How much does ZeroClaw cost?
ZeroClaw is free and open source with no subscription or hosted plan; you pay only for the LLM provider you connect, or nothing with a local model such as Ollama.
- One binary on your own machine
- Your own API key or a local model
- No ZeroClaw cloud or subscription
There is no hosted ZeroClaw plan. The only running cost is the model provider you pick, from Anthropic or OpenAI to local models through Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp or vLLM. Full pricing on github.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is ZeroClaw open source?
Yes. ZeroClaw's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
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- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 9 months
- Latest release
- 12 Nov
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw
What are the best ZeroClaw alternatives?
ZeroClaw is an open source alternative to Clawi.ai and Kimi Claw. nanobot, NanoClaw and OpenClaw do the same job and are open source too.
Clawi.aiPaidA personal assistant that lives in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and Slack.
Kimi ClawPaidMoonshot's managed OpenClaw agent on desktop, cloud or Android.
nanobotOpen SourcePersonal AI agent you host yourself, reachable from a browser, terminal or chat apps like Telegram.
NanoClawOpen SourceSmall open-source personal AI agent you message from chat apps, with every session in a container.
OpenClawOpen SourceSelf-hosted assistant gateway for WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and Discord.
Questions about ZeroClaw
What is ZeroClaw?
Personal AI agent in one Rust binary that you reach through chat apps and that acts in your shell.
Who is ZeroClaw for?
ZeroClaw is best for technical users who want an always-on AI agent on their own machine, reached through chat apps.
Is ZeroClaw free?
Yes. ZeroClaw has a free Self-hosted plan: one binary on your own machine.
Is ZeroClaw open source?
Yes. ZeroClaw's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best ZeroClaw alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Clawi.ai, Kimi Claw, nanobot, NanoClaw and OpenClaw.
Where can I try ZeroClaw?
On its official website, zeroclaw.com.
How does ZeroClaw ask before acting?
ZeroClaw starts in supervised mode: actions it rates medium risk wait for your approval and high-risk ones are blocked. Allowlists, workspace limits and OS sandboxes such as Landlock, Bubblewrap, Seatbelt or Docker limit what it can touch, and YOLO mode, which drops these checks, is opt-in.
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