# PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw (slim)

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to PicoClaw's 46.1 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against PicoClaw's 46.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #879 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- ZeroClaw: BB 70.2, rank #161 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.min.md
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production.
- ZeroClaw, good for One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 54; Schema & documentation, 82 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66; Security & auth, 76 against 51; Maintenance & community, 80 against 22; Transparency & trust, 64 against 56. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | PicoClaw | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 22 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | PicoClaw | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Sipeed | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Licence | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-03 | 2026-09-05 |
| Popularity | 30k stars | 33k stars |