Features
PicoClaw brings a full AI assistant experience to minimal hardware: CLI, chat apps, tools, and safety by default.
Core Capabilities
- Ultra-lightweight: <10MB memory — 99% smaller than Clawdbot core.
- Minimal cost: Runs on $10 hardware — 98% cheaper than a Mac mini.
- Lightning fast: 400× faster startup; boot in 1s on 0.6GHz single core.
- Portable: Single self-contained binary for RISC-V, ARM, x86.
- AI-bootstrapped: Go-native implementation with human-in-the-loop refinement.
Channels & Chat Apps
Talk to PicoClaw from the terminal or your favorite messaging app.
| Channel | Setup |
|---|---|
| Telegram | Easy (bot token + user ID) |
| Discord | Easy (bot token + intents) |
| Easy (AppID + AppSecret) | |
| DingTalk | Medium (app credentials) |
| LINE | Medium (credentials + webhook) |
| Slack | Socket Mode |
| Feishu | App credentials |
Tools & Integrations
- Web search: Brave Search (API key) or DuckDuckGo (no key).
- Long-term memory: MEMORY.md and workspace-based persistence.
- Scheduled tasks: Cron tool for reminders and recurring jobs.
- Heartbeat: Periodic tasks via HEARTBEAT.md; spawn subagents for async work.
- LLM providers: OpenRouter, Zhipu, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq (incl. Whisper for voice).
Security
Sandboxed by default: file and command access restricted to the workspace. Dangerous commands (bulk delete, format, shutdown, etc.) are blocked even when restrictions are relaxed.
Deployment Targets
PicoClaw runs on almost any Linux device, plus Windows and macOS.
- LicheeRV-Nano (~$9.9) — minimal home assistant.
- NanoKVM ($30–50) / NanoKVM-Pro ($100) — server maintenance.
- MaixCAM ($50) / MaixCAM2 ($100) — smart monitoring.
- OpenWrt routers — PicoClaw may also run on some OpenWrt-capable devices for edge or gateway use.