PicoClaw: Ultra-Efficient AI Assistant in Go

$10 Hardware · 10MB RAM · ms Boot · Let's Go, PicoClaw!

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PicoClaw is an independent open-source project initiated by Sipeed, written entirely in Go from scratch — not a fork of OpenClaw, NanoBot, or any other project.

PicoClaw is an ultra-lightweight personal AI assistant inspired by NanoBot. It was rebuilt from the ground up in Go through a "self-bootstrapping" process — the AI Agent itself drove the architecture migration and code optimization.

Runs on $10 hardware with <10MB RAM — that's 99% less memory than OpenClaw and 98% cheaper than a Mac mini!

[!CAUTION] Security Notice

• NO CRYPTO: PicoClaw has not issued any official tokens or cryptocurrency. All claims on pump.fun or other trading platforms are scams.
• OFFICIAL DOMAIN: The ONLY official website is picoclaw.io, and company website is sipeed.com
• BEWARE: Many .ai/.org/.com/.net/... domains have been registered by third parties. Do not trust them.
• NOTE: PicoClaw is in early rapid development. There may be unresolved security issues. Do not deploy to production before v1.0.
• NOTE: PicoClaw has recently merged many PRs. Recent builds may use 10-20MB RAM. Resource optimization is planned after feature stabilization.

📢 News

2026-05-11 🛒 LicheeRV-Claw on AliExpress! You can now purchase LicheeRV-Claw from AliExpress, making it easier to try PicoClaw on compact RISC-V hardware.

2026-05-28 🚀 v0.2.9 Released! MCP server management in Web UI, configurable Sogou-backed web search, tool feedback animation in channels, pretty_print and disable_escape_html defaults, and numerous bug fixes across providers and channels.

2026-05-14 🚀 v0.2.8 Released! MCP CLI commands (show, add, list, remove, test, edit), empty object instead of null for MCP tool parameters, and build fixes.

2026-05-07 🚀 v0.2.7 Released! Configurable Sogou-backed web search, channel tool feedback animation, linter fixes.

2026-04-23 🚀 v0.2.6 Released! Hooks with respond action and comprehensive documentation, isolation support, help banner fix.

2026-04-11 🚀 v0.2.5 Released! Zoneinfo from TZ/ZONEINFO env, Matrix CommonMark rendering alignment, read_file by lines.

2026-03-31 📱 Android Support! PicoClaw now runs on Android! Download the APK at picoclaw.io

2026-03-25 🚀 v0.2.4 Released! Agent architecture overhaul (SubTurn, Hooks, Steering, EventBus), WeChat/WeCom integration, security hardening (.security.yml, sensitive data filtering), new providers (AWS Bedrock, Azure, Xiaomi MiMo), and 35 bug fixes. PicoClaw has reached 26K Stars!

2026-03-17 🚀 v0.2.3 Released! System tray UI (Windows & Linux), sub-agent status query (spawn_status), experimental Gateway hot-reload, Cron security gating, and 2 security fixes. PicoClaw has reached 25K Stars!

2026-03-09 🎉 v0.2.1 — Biggest update yet! MCP protocol support, 4 new channels (Matrix/IRC/WeCom/Discord Proxy), 3 new providers (Kimi/Minimax/Avian), vision pipeline, JSONL memory store, model routing.

2026-02-28 📦 v0.2.0 released with Docker Compose and Web UI Launcher support.

✨ Features

🪶 Ultra-lightweight: Core memory footprint <10MB — 99% smaller than OpenClaw.*

💰 Minimal cost: Efficient enough to run on $10 hardware — 98% cheaper than a Mac mini.

⚡️ Lightning-fast boot: 400x faster startup. Boots in <1s even on a 0.6GHz single-core processor.

🌍 Truly portable: Single binary across RISC-V, ARM, MIPS, and x86 architectures. One binary, runs everywhere!

🤖 AI-bootstrapped: Pure Go native implementation — 95% of core code was generated by an Agent and fine-tuned through human-in-the-loop review.

🔌 MCP support: Native Model Context Protocol integration — connect any MCP server to extend Agent capabilities.

👁️ Vision pipeline: Send images and files directly to the Agent — automatic base64 encoding for multimodal LLMs.

🧠 Smart routing: Rule-based model routing — simple queries go to lightweight models, saving API costs.

*Recent builds may use 10-20MB due to rapid PR merges. Resource optimization is planned. Boot speed comparison based on 0.8GHz single-core benchmarks (see table below).

| | OpenClaw | NanoBot | **PicoClaw** | | ------------------------------ | ------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | | **Language** | TypeScript | Python | **Go** | | **RAM** | >1GB | >100MB | **< 10MB*** | | **Boot time**
(0.8GHz core) | >500s | >30s | **<1s** | | **Cost** | Mac Mini $599 | Most Linux boards ~$50 | **Any Linux board**
**from $10** |

Hardware Compatibility List — See all tested boards, from $5 RISC-V to Raspberry Pi to Android phones. Your board not listed? Submit a PR!

🦾 Demonstration

🛠️ Standard Assistant Workflows

🐜 Innovative Low-Footprint Deployment

PicoClaw can be deployed on virtually any Linux device!

• $9.9 LicheeRV-Nano E(Ethernet) or W(WiFi6) edition, for a minimal home assistant
• $30~50 NanoKVM, or $100 NanoKVM-Pro, for automated server operations
• $50 MaixCAM or $100 MaixCAM2, for smart surveillance

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