Your Self-Hosted Personal AI Assistant
Moltbot (previously called Clawdbot) is an open-source AI assistant you can run on your own hardware. Think of it as building your own Jarvis: an AI that doesn't just answer questions, but can actually do things for you: manage your calendar, send emails, automate tasks, and more.
Created by Peter Steinberger, it exploded in popularity in January 2026, gaining nearly 30,000 GitHub stars shortly after launch. The rename to "Moltbot" happened on January 27, 2026, after Anthropic raised trademark concerns; the mascot evolved from "Clawd" to "Molty," a nod to how lobsters molt to grow.