PicoClaw is an ultra-lightweight personal AI assistant from Sipeed, written from scratch in Go.
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It runs as one binary on cheap Linux boards, Raspberry Pi, Android phones and desktops in a few megabytes of RAM, and you chat with it through Telegram, Discord, WeChat and other platforms.
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One Go binary across x86, ARM, RISC-V and LoongArch
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Runs on $10 Linux boards, Raspberry Pi, Android and desktops
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Chat through Telegram, Discord, WeChat, Feishu, Matrix and more
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Web search, reminders, scheduling and sub-agents
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MCP support and a vision pipeline
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Rule-based model routing to cut API costs
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Web UI and TUI launchers
Open Source
PicoClaw is free and open source under the MIT license. You connect your own model provider, and its fees apply.
Best for
Makers and developers who want a personal assistant on low-power or embedded hardware.
Not ideal for
Production deployments: the project says not to deploy it to production before v1.0.
An impressively small personal assistant for edge hardware, still pre-1.0.
v0.3.1 shipped on July 3, 2026, and the repository is still active with about 30,000 GitHub stars.
As of
Is PicoClaw free?+
Yes - PicoClaw is Open Source. PicoClaw is free and open source under the MIT license. You connect your own model provider, and its fees apply.
Is PicoClaw open source?+
Yes - PicoClaw is open source. PicoClaw is free and open source under the MIT license. You connect your own model provider, and its fees apply.
Who is PicoClaw best for?+
Makers and developers who want a personal assistant on low-power or embedded hardware.
Who is PicoClaw not ideal for?+
Production deployments: the project says not to deploy it to production before v1.0.
What are the best PicoClaw alternatives?+
The closest PicoClaw alternatives on ai.dosa.dev are OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, OpenHuman - all listed under Personal AI Agents.
Who makes PicoClaw?+
PicoClaw is developed by Sipeed. It is listed in the Personal AI Agents category on ai.dosa.dev.
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