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★OpenClaw 88,412 stars·⚠CVE-2026-25898 disclosed (HIGH, Hermes)·↻Hermes Agent v2026.4.7 published·★Hermes Agent +182 stars (last hour)·↻OpenClaw v2026.4.6 — credential vault hardening·⚠CVE-2026-26133 patched (NanoClaw)·•Pi 5 16GB rumoured for Q3 — recheck guidance·★Nanobot +47 stars (last hour)·↻ZeroClaw v0.4.2 — Apple container fixes·•Mac Mini M4 wins quarterly hardware survey·★OpenClaw 88,412 stars·⚠CVE-2026-25898 disclosed (HIGH, Hermes)·↻Hermes Agent v2026.4.7 published·★Hermes Agent +182 stars (last hour)·↻OpenClaw v2026.4.6 — credential vault hardening·⚠CVE-2026-26133 patched (NanoClaw)·•Pi 5 16GB rumoured for Q3 — recheck guidance·★Nanobot +47 stars (last hour)·↻ZeroClaw v0.4.2 — Apple container fixes·•Mac Mini M4 wins quarterly hardware survey·
PocketClawvol. 1 · 2026
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ai.

Everything we've published on ai across guides, agents, hardware reviews and glossary entries — 46 entries in total.

Guides (1)

Agents (10)

  • OpenClaw

    The original viral self-hosted AI agent. Post-crisis 2026.4 line is genuinely safer; pre-2026.3 is genuinely dangerous.

  • Hermes Agent

    Post-OpenClaw safe default. Docker-sandboxed by default, multi-LLM, opinionated. The agent we'd hand a colleague today.

  • Nanobot

    4,000-line Python agent designed to be auditable in an afternoon. Trust through verification.

  • NanoClaw

    macOS-only opinionated fork. Apple containers + Claude. Sub-second boot.

  • IronClaw

    Enterprise zero-trust agent. gVisor + audit logs + RBAC + SAML. $750/seat/year.

  • Moltworker

    Self-hosted AI agent on Cloudflare Workers. Free at low volume. Workers runtime constraints apply.

  • DeployHermes

    First managed-Hermes-Agent service. $19/month for a hosted Hermes deployment with dashboard, SSO and CVE monitoring.

  • NitroClaw

    Managed self-hosted-AI hosting service starting at $20/month. Bundled AI credits. White-glove setup tier at $100/month.

Hardware (10)

  • Raspberry Pi 5

    The default starting point for pocket AI in 2026. 4–8 GB of LPDDR4X, ARM Cortex-A76, sub-€100, runs Hermes Agent (no browser tool) or Nanobot comfortably.

  • Intel NUC 13 / Mini PC

    Mini PCs at €300–600 with i5/i7 + 16–32 GB RAM. The sweet spot for self-hosted AI agents that need browser automation and decent local model performance.

  • Mac Mini M4 / M4 Pro

    The single best small-form-factor host for local LLMs in 2026. Apple Silicon unified memory makes 70B-class models tractable on a desk-sized machine.

  • Framework Laptop 13 / 16

    Repairable, modular laptop with strong Linux support. The right choice if you want a portable agent host that doubles as a daily driver.

  • Old Android phone (Moto E2 et al.)

    The PocketClaw origin story device. €15–30 used. Genuinely runs lightweight agents via Termux + proot, with serious caveats.

  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

    €20 SBC with 512 MB RAM. Useful as an edge agent endpoint (sensor reader, tool host) but not a primary agent host.

  • Orange Pi 5 Plus

    Rockchip RK3588-based SBC with 4–32 GB RAM and an NPU. The Pi 5's most credible competitor for AI workloads on ARM.

  • MacBook Air M3 / M4

    Fanless laptop with up to 24 GB unified memory. Runs Mistral 7B Q4 silently on the train. €1,299+.

Glossary (25)

  • AI agent — Software that uses one or more language models to autonomously plan and execute multi-step tasks via tool calls.
  • Self-hosted AI — AI software you install on hardware you control, rather than consuming as a hosted product.
  • OpenClaw — Open-source autonomous AI agent created by Peter Steinberger in November 2025. Most-installed self-hosted agent of 2026.
  • Hermes Agent — Open-source self-hosted AI agent from Nous Research, released February 2026. Sandboxed by default, multi-LLM.
  • Nanobot — 4,000-line Python self-hosted AI agent from HKU. Designed to be auditable in an afternoon.
  • NanoClaw — macOS-only fork of OpenClaw using Apple's container framework for sandboxing. Claude-only.
  • IronClaw — Enterprise-grade self-hosted AI agent with gVisor sandboxing, RBAC and audit logging. Source-available.
  • ZeroClaw — Privacy-first self-hosted AI agent. Local LLMs only, no cloud, AGPL-3.0.
  • Moltworker — Cloudflare Workers-based self-hosted AI agent reference implementation.
  • OpenRouter — LLM API gateway providing a unified interface across Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral and many open models.
  • Ollama — Local LLM runtime that exposes an OpenAI-compatible API over local model weights.
  • Sandbox — Isolation layer that constrains what an agent's tool execution can access on the host.
  • Docker sandbox — Sandbox using a Docker container with filesystem mount and network policy controls.
  • gVisor — User-space kernel that runs as a sandbox layer between containers and the host kernel.
  • Tailscale — Mesh VPN built on WireGuard. Common pattern for keeping self-hosted dashboards off the public internet.
  • WebSocket origin validation — Server-side check that an incoming WebSocket connection comes from an allowed origin domain.
  • Air-gap — Deployment with no network connection to untrusted networks — typically no internet access at all.
  • GDPR — EU regulation governing personal data processing. Applies to most consumer-facing AI deployments touching EU users.
  • EU AI Act — EU regulation classifying AI systems by risk level and imposing obligations on high-risk deployments.
  • Pocket AI — Self-hosted AI agents and language models running on portable, low-power hardware you own.
  • Edge AI — AI workloads running close to where data is generated rather than in centralised cloud datacenters.
  • Docker Compose — Tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications via a single YAML file.
  • Watchtower — Container that watches running containers and pulls/redeploys when new images ship.
  • Magic link — Passwordless authentication where the user clicks a one-time link sent to their email.
  • MCP server — Process that exposes a set of tools to MCP-compatible AI agents over a JSON-RPC interface.