Frequently asked.

PocketClaw is an independent publication and live tracker for self-hosted AI agents. We monitor projects like OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Nanobot, NanoClaw, IronClaw, ZeroClaw and Moltworker, surface CVEs and releases as they happen, and publish honest comparisons and migration guides.

Robin Monteiro, a developer based in Europe. No co-founders, no investors, no agency. Help is welcome — see the partners page if you want to contribute.

It started as a hardware experiment (running an AI gateway on a $20 phone). The hardware project is archived, but the audience and indexed URLs were already attached to the name. Renaming would have cost more than it would have helped.

The content under /guides, /compare and /glossary is published openly. The site code itself is not currently open source — that may change once the codebase stabilises.

The live dashboard updates continuously (hourly fetch of GitHub stats, CVE feeds and release atoms). Long-form guides ship 1–2 times per month. The Thursday newsletter is weekly, every week.

All long-form articles are human-written. We use AI tools to assist with research and editing — but the writing, the opinions, and the recommendations are not generated. We do not publish AI slop.

GitHub API for stars and releases, NIST NVD JSON feed for CVEs, Hacker News Algolia API for news mentions, Reddit RSS for community signals, and project release atoms. All public sources, all free, all attributed.

Either we haven't tested it yet, or it didn't pass our coverage baseline (documented threat model, sandbox-on by default, working security disclosure channel, patch SLA). Email contact@pocketclaw.dev with the project and we'll consider it.

By the methodology page. Same VPS, same five tasks, same scoring rubric. We don't accept payment for placement. Vendor sponsorships, when accepted, are visually distinct and never affect editorial rankings.

1–2 deep dives or guides published since last week. Security alerts on agents we cover. Quick takes on new tools, models and providers. Occasional reader Q&A. That's it — no engagement spam, no fillers.

Once a week, every Thursday morning UTC. We don't send extra emails between editions.

Yes, forever. No paywall on the newsletter content itself. The Pro tier (launching Q3 2026) adds real-time CVE alerts on your specific stack and access to a small members-only Discord.

Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link in the footer. You can also email contact@pocketclaw.dev to be removed manually.

No. Never. Not even with a sponsor. Subscriber emails stay on our database and on AWS SES (which we use to deliver). They are deleted on unsubscribe.

Three ways: affiliate links to tools we use (Hetzner, OpenRouter, Cloudflare, Tailscale — flagged on every guide), eventual newsletter sponsorships (one slot per edition, clearly labelled), and a future Pro tier for real-time CVE alerts on your stack.

No. No AdSense, no banner networks, no programmatic. We've made this commitment explicit in the disclosure page and we keep it.

No. Comparison rankings are not for sale. We won't accept payment to move a vendor up a list. Full stop.

Eventually yes — see the partners page. Currently in private beta until subscriber count justifies it. One slot per edition, max, clearly labelled Sponsored.

Target Q3 2026. The Stripe rails are wired, the content side is the bottleneck. Pricing will be $9/month or $49/year, with a 14-day refund window.

Next.js 16 with App Router, server components and ISR. Hosted on a VPS via Docker. PostgreSQL for the live data. AWS SES for email. No tracking JS, no third-party heavy bundles.

Only what's strictly necessary (locale preference, session cookie if you sign in for the future Pro tier). No advertising or tracking cookies.

Yes — /feed.xml gives you the live event feed. Most RSS readers also work on the project pages.

When PocketClaw pivoted in April 2026, the URL structure changed (/hacks/* → /guides/*). We added 301 redirects so nothing on the open web breaks. If you find a broken link from somewhere, email us.

Right now (April 2026) the figures are seeded with realistic data while we wire the cron jobs. The architecture is built — once the production cron schedule kicks in, every page updates hourly.

Yes. Subscriber data is minimal (email + opt-in date), stored in the EU, deleted on unsubscribe. We don't share data. We don't profile readers.

Short version: we collect nothing we don't need, share nothing with anyone, and delete on request. Full policy lives at /privacy (coming soon — we're keeping it minimal because the data we collect is minimal).

VPS in Europe (typically Hetzner Frankfurt or Helsinki). PostgreSQL hosted in the same region. AWS SES for email delivery (eu-west-1).

Yes, with attribution. Links are appreciated. For commercial use beyond fair-use quoting, email contact@pocketclaw.dev.