SIPEED · OPEN SOURCE

PicoClaw: 10 MB of RAM, 16+ channels, zero cloud

PicoClaw is the ultra-light AI assistant built by Sipeed in Go: a single ~15 MB binary, under 10 MB of RAM, under one second to boot, and zero external dependencies.

Native MCP support connects any MCP server to it, a vision pipeline handles images and files, and rule-based model routing sends simple queries to lightweight models so your API bill stays small. We install it, harden it, and hand it over.

RAM footprint
< 10 MB core (10-20 MB on recent builds)
Boot time
< 1 second, even on a 0.6 GHz core
Binary
Single static binary, zero dependencies
Architectures
RISC-V / ARM / MIPS / x86, one binary

Concrete Use Cases

Sovereign home automation

Sipeed's own reference deployment: a $9.90 LicheeRV-Nano (Ethernet or WiFi 6) running a minimal home assistant. You define the skills; it takes the messages and drives your Home Assistant setup.

Automated server operations

On a $30-50 NanoKVM (or the Pro), the agent sits beside the machine it watches: it answers questions about the box in natural language and runs the operations you scripted, out-of-band from the OS it manages.

Smart camera & surveillance

On a $50 MaixCAM (or MaixCAM2), PicoClaw's vision pipeline sends frames straight to a multimodal model, so the camera answers questions instead of just recording. Alerting logic on top is skill work we scope with you.

Autonomous objects

Turn an IoT object into an autonomous agent. Doorbell, lock, environmental sensor: each with its own personality, its own memory, and a feed back to the central OpenClaw.

Validated Platforms

A single Go binary covers all these platforms. No toolchain to configure, no dependencies to compile.

Raspberry Pi 3 / 4 / 5 / Zero 2W
Sipeed LicheePi / MaixPy (RISC-V)
Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Radxa
OpenWrt x86 / ARM routers
Android (APK or Termux)
Docker / Kubernetes (container <20 MB)
NVIDIA Jetson Nano / Orin (GPU inference)
Single-board computers ≥ 256 MB RAM

What OpenClawPro Offers

PicoClaw is light, but wiring it into your existing ecosystem takes some work (networking, security, integrations). We do it for you.

  • Remote SSH installation on your Pi / router / gateway
  • Go compilation or pre-packaged binary for your architecture
  • Network configuration (VLAN, firewall, WireGuard VPN to the main OpenClaw)
  • MQTT or HTTP bridge for your sensors / automations
  • LLM choice and configuration: local via Ollama (Pi 5 / Jetson) or secure remote
  • Custom documentation of the available skills
  • Auto-update script + safe rollback
  • 14 days of technical support after installation
Unit
$149
1 device

Ideal for a first test in home automation or at the edge.

Mesh Pack · popular
$349
3 devices + mesh VPN

-22%. All linked together via WireGuard.

Fleet
On quote
10+ devices

Volume pricing. Automated provisioning via Ansible.

Add PicoClaw to my installation

Works standalone. Pair it with a main OpenClaw if you have one; if you want us to run that too, Turnkey starts at $55/month.

Paperclip, NeMo, Nemotron and other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OpenClawPro provides independent setup, hosting and support and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

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