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PicoClaw
✓ verifiedFree
Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted open-source AI assistant in Go that runs on sub-$10 hardware like Raspberry Pi with under 10MB RAM.
81K visits/mo
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DeepSeek
✓ verifiedFreemium
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek offering free chat apps and low-cost API access to its frontier V-series and R-series reasoning models.
430M visits/mo
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HEROZ
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A Japanese AI firm that grew from shogi-AI research into industry ML solutions and a generative-AI platform, HEROZ ASK.
1.9M visits/mo
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Core features
- ✦Single self-contained binary requiring under 10MB RAM
- ✦Sub-1-second startup even on low-power processors
- ✦Support for 16+ chat channels including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WeCom
- ✦Compatibility with multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, etc.)
- ✦Runs on Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, ARM64, x86_64, Android, and Docker
- ✦Self-hosted design keeping data and configuration local
- ✦Gateway/API mode for connecting to chat platforms via MCP protocol
- ✦Free DeepSeek chat (web and app)
- ✦Open API platform
- ✦V-series and R-series reasoning models
- ✦DeepSeek-V4 with long context and stronger agent ability
- ✦OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible API
- ✦Extensive published model lineup
- ✦Deep-learning and machine-learning core technology
- ✦HEROZ ASK generative-AI platform
- ✦BtoB and BtoC AI solutions
- ✦BLOOMWORKS product
- ✦Industry AI deployment case studies
- ✦Dialogue with GLM large model
- ✦AI search
- ✦AI drawing
- ✦AI reading
- ✦AI-generated video (沉思清影-AI生视频)
- ✦AI-generated PPT
- ✦Data analysis tools
- ✦Code assistance (代码速写)
- ✦Intelligent agents
- ✦LLM API router
- ✦OpenAI API proxy
- ✦Model aggregation (OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen, Claude, etc.)
- ✦Unified OpenAI API standard
- ✦Unlimited concurrency
Use cases
- →Running a private AI assistant on minimal or embedded hardware
- →Local code assistance that keeps proprietary code off the cloud
- →Home automation and personal task scheduling via chat bots
- →Privacy-conscious users wanting self-hosted AI on low-cost devices
- →Free AI chat and assistance
- →Building apps via API
- →Reasoning and coding tasks
- →Low-cost LLM inference
- →Deploying generative AI in enterprises
- →Applying ML to industry-specific problems
- →AI-driven business transformation (DX)
- →Engaging in conversations with an AI model
- →Generating images and videos using AI
- →Creating presentations with AI assistance
- →Analyzing data with AI tools
- →Assisting with code development
- →Integrating multiple AI models into applications using a single API
- →Accessing the latest AI models through a unified interface
- →Managing and scaling AI model usage with unlimited concurrency
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