nanocoai/nanoclaw
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
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Most-wanted open issues
Ranked by 👍 reactions. 286 open issues total, checked 2026-10-16.
| Issue | 👍 | Comments | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
Add GitHub Copilot SDK as alternative AI backend kind/feature | 8 | 3 | 7 mo |
Revisiting TOS Compliance: Replacing Agent SDK with Claude Code CLI kind/feature, priority/high | 8 | 1 | 7 mo |
Agent memory system redesign kind/feature | 6 | 2 | 7 mo |
Support AWS Bedrock as Authentication Backend kind/feature | 5 | 2 | 6 mo |
Use OpenCode (and its JS SDK) instead/parallel with Claude Code (and its Agents SDK) kind/question, priority/low | 4 | 5 | 7 mo |
What Hacker News made of it
Threads that link to or name this project, ranked by points. The comments are where the objections live — the README never argues back.
- Show HNShow HN: NanoClaw – “Clawdbot” in 500 lines of TS with Apple container isolation
533 points · 224 comments · 8 mo
- NanoClaw Adopts OneCLI Agent Vault
112 points · 31 comments · 7 mo
- NanoClaw now supports Claude's Agent Swarms in containers
47 points · 5 comments · 8 mo
- Fable open sourced NanoClaw's agent factory. It cost $800
17 points · 17 comments · 3 mo
Head to head with its peers
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