Nanoclaw

NanoClaw is a personal AI agent that runs inside containers and is built to be small enough to read and customize. It is presented as a lighter and more secure alternative to OpenClaw, and the site compares the two on codebase size, number of dependencies and security model, with NanoClaw about 200 TypeScript files against roughly 3,680 for OpenClaw. It connects to messaging apps including WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and Signal, and a user adds only the channels they use. Every active agent session runs in its own Docker container on macOS, Linux or Windows through WSL2, and a single Node host routes messages through SQLite queues. Each agent group keeps its own instructions, memory, credentials and allowed mounts, and a user can give each channel its own agent or share one agent across channels. Scheduled tasks can run morning briefings or weekly reviews and message the user back. Agents do not hold raw API keys by default, because outbound requests go through OneCLI's Agent Vault, which injects credentials at request time and enforces per agent policies and rate limits. Features are added through skills rather than built in, and the installer hands difficult steps to the user's coding agent. The site names NanoCo as the maintainer and says the company has raised $12 million to build a professional assistant for teams. No plan prices are published on the site.