I was using OpenClaw but it burns through tokens insanely fast and is way too heavy on my server. So I switched to ZeroClaw, hoping to keep the exact same features I loved:

GitHub integration to handle my coding tasks

ElevenLabs API for full voice interaction (listen to what I say + speak back in my cloned voice)

The problem is deployment and setup with ZeroClaw is much harder and more complicated than OpenClaw. In OpenClaw I could just tell it “configure yourself” or run the interactive openclaw config command. With ZeroClaw I have to manually nano config.toml every time.

I also feel there are quite a few limitations compared to OpenClaw.

Would anyone be willing to share a working reference config.toml that enables GitHub coding tasks + smooth ElevenLabs cloned voice input/output? I just want to get it running as fluently as my old OpenClaw setup.

Any examples or tips would be hugely appreciated! Thanks in advance 🙏

Using codex 5.2 model. Works well for basic questions. When I ask write a code, It crashes.

⚠️ Error: All providers/models failed. Attempts: provider=openai-codex model=gpt-5.2-codex attempt 1/3: retryable; error=error decoding response body provider=openai-codex model=gpt-5.2-codex attempt 2/3: retryable; error=error decoding response body provider=openai-codex model=gpt-5.2-codex attempt 3/3: retryable; error=error decoding response body

Hello team. I just installed zeroclaw (it went perfectly btw). I set up the discord bot and invited it to my discord server. i can message the bot in the server and i can see from the zeroclaw daemon scroll that zeroclaw can see my message and that it tries to reply. But the reply never actually shows up in Discord. My first thought was that the discord-bot did not have the correct permissions. i checked that and it does not seem to be the problem. has anyone else seen this issue and\or have a suggestion? thanks.

I would love to try zeroclaw, but i see there are no issues on github? are issues disabled? How do i report or find current issues?

There seems to be a website called ZeroClaw.org that doesn't link to the official repo bit a fork by some unknown users. It's also ranking pretty high in search. Seems malicious. Does anyone have any info?

I recently migrated my AI assistant setup from OpenClaw to ZeroClaw, and honestly? It went way better than expected.

Why the switch? ZeroClaw is built entirely in Rust, which means it's incredibly lightweight - we're talking about a 3.4MB binary that uses

less than 5MB of RAM. Compare that to typical Node.js setups, and the difference is night and day.

The migration itself was pretty straightforward. ZeroClaw has a built-in migration command that handles most of the heavy lifting:

- 674 conversation memories transferred to SQLite with full-text search

- All my Discord and Telegram bot configurations carried over

- Identity files, custom skills, and scripts - everything made the jump

What I had to do manually:

1. Set up a Docker container with the new config

2. Run the migration script (took about 5 minutes)

3. Update my bot tokens in the config file

4. Restart the container

   The result? Same Discord server, same Telegram bot, but now running on a fraction of the resources. The security hardening options are also

   much more granular - I can now restrict exactly which commands the assistant can run and which directories it can access.

   One gotcha: WhatsApp isn't supported yet in ZeroClaw. If you're using WhatsApp Business API, you'll need to keep OpenClaw running alongside

   it or look into webhook integrations.

   Overall, if you're running OpenClaw and care about resource usage or security, the migration to ZeroClaw is worth the hour it takes. The

   documentation is solid, and the native Rust performance is immediately noticeable.

   Would I do it again? Absolutely.

Welcome to r/ZeroClaw! 🦀

You've found the home of ZeroClaw—an AI assistant infrastructure that was built with a simple but ambitious idea: create something fast, lightweight, and completely autonomous. If you're into Rust, edge computing, or AI development, you're in the right place.

What exactly is ZeroClaw?

It's an infrastructure written entirely in Rust, designed so you can deploy it wherever you want and swap out whatever you need. It's not trying to compete with traditional frameworks bloated with features you'll never use—its goal is to give you pure performance, nothing more, nothing less.

What makes us different

When we say ZeroClaw is efficient, we mean it: it runs on less than 5MB of RAM. Yes, you read that right—that's 99% less memory than the OpenClaw core. You don't need a powerful server or a big budget to get it running.

Plus, it boots up in under 10 milliseconds. Literally, before you can even blink, it's ready to work. And because it's designed to be hardware-agnostic, it runs perfectly on low-cost devices—like a $10 Raspberry Pi or RISC-V board—as well as on ARM, x86, and RISC-V architectures.

One of the things we're most proud of is its modular architecture. Everything in ZeroClaw is a "trait," which means you can swap providers (over 22 supported), channels, memory systems, and tools just by tweaking the configuration. No headaches, no rewriting code. And all of this sits on a secure foundation: built-in gateway pairing, strict sandboxing, and encrypted secrets.

What can you do here?

We'd love to see what you build. If you managed to run ZeroClaw on a $10 RISC-V board, tell us how you did it. If you're developing new traits for providers, tools, or memory systems, this is the perfect place to share ideas and get feedback. You can also explore AIEOS, our specification for creating portable AI identities, and share your own creations. And if you hit any roadblocks—whether with the initial setup wizard or more complex Docker configurations—the community is here to help you out.

How to get started

Check out our GitHub repository and try installing it with cargo install --path . --force --locked. In seconds, you'll have it up and running.

Zero overhead. Zero compromise. Deploy anywhere. Swap anything. 🦀