zeroclaw-labs / zeroclaw

ZeroClaw 🦀 Zero overhead. Zero compromise. 100% Rust. 100% Agnostic. ⚡️ Runs on $10 hardware with Built by students and members of the Harvard, MIT, and Sundai.Club communities. 🌐 Languages: 🇺🇸 English · 🇨🇳 简体中文 · 🇯🇵 日本語 · 🇰🇷 한국어 · 🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt · 🇵🇭 Tagalog · 🇪🇸 Español · 🇧🇷 Português · 🇮🇹 Italiano · 🇩🇪 Deutsch · 🇫🇷 Français · 🇸🇦 العربية · 🇮🇳 हिन्दी · 🇷🇺 Русский · 🇧🇩 বাংলা · 🇮🇱 עברית · 🇵🇱 Polski · 🇨🇿 Čeština · 🇳🇱 Nederlands · 🇹🇷 Türkçe · 🇺🇦 Українська · 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia · 🇹🇭 ไทย · 🇵🇰 اردو · 🇷🇴 Română · 🇸🇪 Svenska · 🇬🇷 Ελληνικά · 🇭🇺 Magyar · 🇫🇮 Suomi · 🇩🇰 Dansk · 🇳🇴 Norsk Getting Started | One-Click Setup | Docs Hub | Docs TOC Quick Routes: Reference · Operations · Troubleshoot · Security · Hardware · Contribute Fast, small, and fully autonomous AI assistant infrastructure Deploy anywhere. Swap anything. ZeroClaw is the runtime operating system for agentic workflows — infrastructure that abstracts models, tools, memory, and execution so agents can be built once and run anywhere. Trait-driven architecture · secure-by-default runtime · provider/channel/tool swappable · pluggable everything 📢 Announcements Use this board for important notices (breaking changes, security advisories, maintenance windows, and release blockers). | Date (UTC) | Level | Notice | Action | | ---------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 2026-02-19 | _Critical_ | We are **not affiliated** with , or . The and domains currently points to the fork, and that domain/repository are impersonating our official website/project. | Do not trust information, binaries, fundraising, or announcements from those sources. Use only this repository and our verified social accounts. | | 2026-02-21 | _Important_ | Our official website is now live: zeroclawlabs.ai. Thanks for your patience while we prepared the launch. We are still seeing impersonation attempts, so do **not** join any investment or fundraising activity claiming the ZeroClaw name unless it is published through our official channels. | Use this repository as the single source of truth. Follow X (@zeroclawlabs), Facebook (Group), and Reddit (r/zeroclawlabs) for official updates. | | 2026-02-19 | _Important_ | Anthropic updated the Authentication and Credential Use terms on 2026-02-19. Claude Code OAuth tokens (Free, Pro, Max) are intended exclusively for Claude Code and Claude.ai; using OAuth tokens from Claude Free/Pro/Max in any other product, tool, or service (including Agent SDK) is not permitted and may violate the Consumer Terms of Service. | Please temporarily avoid Claude Code OAuth integrations to prevent potential loss. Original clause: Authentication and Credential Use. | ✨ Features • 🏎️ **Lean Runtime by Default:** Common CLI and status workflows run in a few-megabyte memory envelope on release builds. • 💰 **Cost-Efficient Deployment:** Designed for low-cost boards and small cloud instances without heavyweight runtime dependencies. • ⚡ **Fast Cold Starts:** Single-binary Rust runtime keeps command and daemon startup near-instant for daily operations. • 🌍 **Portable Architecture:** One binary-first workflow across ARM, x86, and RISC-V with swappable providers/channels/tools. Why teams pick ZeroClaw • **Lean by default:** small Rust binary, fast startup, low memory footprint. • **Secure by design:** pairing, strict sandboxing, explicit allowlists, workspace scoping. • **Fully swappable:** core systems are traits (providers, channels, tools, memory, tunnels). • **No lock-in:** OpenAI-compatible provider support + pluggable custom endpoints. Benchmark Snapshot (ZeroClaw vs OpenClaw, Reproducible) Local machine quick benchmark (macOS arm64, Feb 2026) normalized for 0.8GHz edge hardware. | | OpenClaw | NanoBot | PicoClaw | ZeroClaw 🦀 | | ------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | --------------- | -------------------- | | **Language** | TypeScript | Python | Go | **Rust** | | **RAM** | > 1GB | > 100MB | 500s | > 30s | Notes: ZeroClaw results are measured on release builds using . OpenClaw requires Node.js runtime (typically ~390MB additional memory overhead), while NanoBot requires Python runtime. PicoClaw and ZeroClaw are static binaries. The RAM figures above are runtime memory; build-time compilation requirements are higher. Reproducible local measurement Benchmark claims can drift as code and toolchains evolve, so always measure your current build locally: Example sample (macOS arm64, measured on February 18, 2026): • Release binary size: • : about real time, ~ peak memory footprint • : about real time, ~ peak memory footprint Prerequisites Windows Required • **Visual Studio Build Tools** (provides the MSVC linker and Windows SDK): During installation (or via the Visual Studio Installer), select the **"Desktop development with C++"** workload. • **Rust toolchain:** After installation, open a new terminal and run to ensure the stable toolchain is active. • **Verify** both are working: Optional…