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A lightweight alternative to OpenClaw that runs in containers for security. Connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Gmail and other messaging apps, has memory, scheduled jobs, and runs directly on Anthropic's Agents SDK

⭐ Very popular: 31k stars, gaining about 51 a week

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repo profile

vintage 2026 launched this year
language TypeScript
license MIT

momentum

total stars 31k
stars added last week +51
commits / week 18 cooling · -72% vs prior mo
issues closed 63% closed same-day, median
contributors 150 (+5 in 15d)
release cadence fortnightly
last activity today

durability

backing community / independent community
openness permissive
bus factor 2 concentrated
top-author share 45% 6 mo

bus factor = how many people it takes to cover more than half the commits (6 months). 1 is a solo project; higher means the work is spread across a team. top-author share is the single busiest author's slice of those commits.

since we covered it

monthly average + 3k/mo (+22%/mo) · + 17k total since PR#28

why it's a big deal

  • Smaller codebase makes auditing and experimentation easier.
  • Security-first architecture uses isolation instead of permission prompts.
  • Shows how OSS ecosystems rapidly spawn minimalist variants after breakout success.

under the hood

  • Built around Anthropic’s Agents SDK with a minimal structure.
  • Containerized execution boundaries.
  • Extension model based on skill files instead of heavy plugin systems.

our take from PR#28, 2026-02-25

star history

PR#28 · 14k31k now Jan 2026Aug 2026
  1. PR#28 14k 2026-02-25
  2. now 31k + 17k since first covered

curve is sampled from GitHub's star history, plus our own daily readings since we covered it; the dashed stretch is before we first covered it, the solid line since. figures at coverage are the numbers we printed then (approx.), current count is live.

understory

Deep in the understory, shipping hard, still flying under the radar.

+31 understory score output 97 · clout 66
Aug 2025 Jul 2026
  • output, commits & releases
  • clout, star velocity

output = commits & releases; clout = star velocity, both 0 to 100 monthly indices; the gap where output runs above clout is the understory. The understory →

covered in

  • PR#28 2026-02-25 on the radar

    Security-first minimal OpenClaw alternative

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