# louisho5/picobot

A lightweight self-hosted bot in a single binary, written in Go.

Repository: https://github.com/louisho5/picobot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/picobot
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-28T15:42:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 75, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 207, "days_push": 158, "days_rel": 168, "gap_med": 3.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1340, forks 166 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:26.026094+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, chatbot, llm-inference, self-hosted, cli
- domain: chatbots, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cli, cross-platform
- tags: single-binary, lightweight, go, telegram-bot, discord-bot, tool-calling, persistent-memory, vps-friendly, ai-agents, automation, linux, macos, docker, telegram, discord

## Member repositories
- louisho5/picobot (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.026094+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:43:52.360788+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/louisho5/picobot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.026094+00:00, sha 0de68fbbdc57)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.