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louisho5/picobot

A lightweight self-hosted bot in a single binary, written in Go. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/louisho5/picobot · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 74
  • Release rhythm 75
  • Longevity 14
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 3.5
  • age_days: 207
  • days_rel: 168
  • days_push: 158
  • n_releases_24m: 11

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1340 stars · 166 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Picobot is a lightweight, self-hosted AI agent distributed as a single ~9MB Go binary with persistent memory, tool calling, skills, and messaging integrations (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp). It runs on minimal hardware like a $5 VPS or Raspberry Pi with roughly 10MB of RAM.

Use cases

  • run a personal AI agent on a cheap VPS
  • self-host a Telegram AI chatbot
  • deploy an AI assistant on a Raspberry Pi
  • chat with an LLM agent from Discord
  • give an AI agent persistent memory and tool calling
  • replace heavyweight Python agent frameworks with a single binary

When to choose

  • you want a minimal-footprint AI agent with zero runtime dependencies
  • you need Telegram/Discord/Slack/WhatsApp bot integration out of the box
  • you're deploying to resource-constrained hardware like a VPS, Pi, or Termux
  • you prefer a single binary and config file over Python/Node stacks

When to avoid

  • you need a full multi-agent orchestration framework with extensive ecosystems
  • you require custom tooling beyond the built-in skills system
  • you want a framework to embed agents into your own Go/Python codebase
  • you need fine-grained control over agent internals or heavy customization

Facets

application · maturity active

agent-framework chatbot llm-inference self-hosted cli chatbots self-hosted developer-tools windows self-hosted cli cross-platform single-binary lightweight go telegram-bot discord-bot tool-calling persistent-memory vps-friendly ai-agents automation linux macos docker telegram discord

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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