nanobot

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

⭐ 49,134 stars on GitHub · 🍴 8,639 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: Python

What is nanobot?

This is a powerful opensource communication platform — self-host it to keep full control over your team's chat data.

The biggest strength is full control over chat data — something no commercial alternative grants you.

Best for remote teams, tech companies, communities — anyone who wants chat history kept private.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

🏷️ agent-framework
🏷️ ai-agent
🏷️ ai-agents
🏷️ chatbot
🏷️ chatops
🏷️ discord-bot
🏷️ llm-agents
🏷️ llms
🏷️ local-llm
🏷️ mcp

📸 Screenshots

nanobot WebUI new-topic screen with the hero composer, workspace access, project, and model controls

Three conversations in one workbench: a release plan beside quick-start work and documentation review

An expanded file-edit diff above the context usage chart, with input tokens and cache reuse shown across four rounds

The Apps MCP catalog with integration presets and controls to add or import a custom MCP server

The Automations calendar with completed and upcoming recurring tasks arranged by date

Quick install

The project supports Docker Compose:

git clone https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot.git
cd nanobot
docker compose up -d

Check the README in the repo for required env variables.

Minimum system requirements

Component	Recommended
RAM	2048 MB
CPU	2 vCPU
Disk	25 GB SSD
OS	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Debian 12
Docker	24.0+

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🎯 Benefits:

One-command docker compose up -d deploy in 2 minutes
Dedicated IPv4, root access, unmetered domestic bandwidth
Daily snapshot backup
Free install assistance from the VSIS team

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Resources

🔗 GitHub: HKUDS/nanobot
🌐 Homepage: https://nanobot.wiki
📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 17/10/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.