ZeroClaw
ZeroClaw is an agent app that runs a personal AI assistant on your own machine across chat apps and tools for developers and self-hosting users.
What it is good for
- Running a personal AI assistant on your own computer
- Answering messages from Discord, Telegram, and email with one agent
- Connecting an AI model to chat apps and command-line tools
- Keeping control of API keys and data on your own machine
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Discord, Telegram, Matrix, Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 33,098
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is ZeroClaw free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use ZeroClaw?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does ZeroClaw work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Discord, Telegram, Matrix, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Ollama.
- What is ZeroClaw good for?
- Running a personal AI assistant on your own computer, answering messages from Discord, Telegram, and email with one agent, connecting an AI model to chat apps and command-line tools, and keeping control of API keys and data on your own machine.
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