Moltbot Is a Personal AI Assistant You Run Yourself
Answer messages, talk by voice, and manage tasks across your existing chat apps — all from a local, always-on assistant you control.
What Is Moltbot?
Moltbot is a personal, single-user AI assistant designed to feel local, fast, and always available. It acts as a bridge between your digital life and powerful AI models. By running locally, it ensures your data remains with you, while providing the flexibility to connect to any model provider you choose. Whether you prefer the reasoning capabilities of Claude, the speed of GPT-4o, or the privacy of a local Llama model, Moltbot adapts to your needs.
Unlike cloud AI tools, Moltbot runs on your own machine or server, connects directly to your chat accounts, and acts as your assistant — not a shared SaaS product. It gives you the power to build an AI companion that grows with you, learning your preferences and assisting you across every platform you use daily, without being limited by the constraints of a single ecosystem.
The Gateway is just the control plane. The product is the assistant.
What Makes Moltbot Different
Core features that set Moltbot apart from traditional AI assistants
One Assistant, Many Channels
Answer WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams, and more — from one brain.
Local-First by Design
The Gateway runs on your device. Your assistant feels fast and private, with full control over your data.
Always-On Voice and Canvas
Talk, listen, and see live visual output you control. Voice wake support for macOS, iOS, and Android.
You Own the Setup
Models, auth, routing, tools — all configurable. Choose your AI provider and customize everything.
Why Moltbot Exists
Most AI assistants today are:
- Locked into one app
- Fully cloud-hosted
- Hard to control or customize
- Not designed for long-running personal workflows
In an era where AI is becoming increasingly centralized, Moltbot offers a refreshing alternative. We believe that your personal AI assistant should be truly personal—customized to your workflow, aware of your context, and loyal only to you. It shouldn't be limited by the constraints of a single platform's ecosystem or subject to arbitrary rate limits and feature paywalls of a SaaS product. Moltbot empowers you to build an AI companion that grows with you.
Moltbot was built for people who want:
- A single AI assistant across all chat apps
- Local-first control over data, sessions, and tools
- Always-on availability without opening dashboards
- Real conversations, not stateless prompts
What Can Moltbot Do?
Multi-Channel Inbox
Connect to 10+ messaging platforms simultaneously — WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, and more.
Proactive Task Execution
Moltbot doesn't just chat — it actually does things. Manage emails, calendars, flight check-ins, smart home devices, and execute commands autonomously.
Multi-Agent Routing
Route inbound channels, accounts, and peers to isolated agents with workspaces and per-agent sessions for complex workflows.
Extensible Skills System
Plugin-based architecture with bundled, managed, and workspace skills. Create custom extensions in hours with AI assistance.
Voice & Vision
Experience a new way to interact with AI. Moltbot supports real-time voice conversations with wake-word detection and can analyze images and screenshots instantly.
Long-term Memory
Moltbot remembers so you don't have to. It maintains a persistent context of your conversations, preferences, and ongoing projects across all channels.
How Moltbot Works
A simple architecture for powerful personal AI
Gateway
A local Gateway acts as the control plane for sessions, channels, tools, and events.
Assistant Agent
Your AI agent handles thinking, tools, memory, and routing with your choice of AI model.
Channels & Devices
Messages, voice, canvas, and actions flow to and from your chat apps and devices.
Getting Started with Moltbot
The recommended way is the interactive onboarding wizard.
npm install -g moltbot@latest
moltbot onboard --install-daemonThe wizard guides you through:
- ✓ Gateway setup
- ✓ Workspace creation
- ✓ Channel connections
- ✓ Skills and permissions
Works on: macOS • Linux • Windows (via WSL2)
Security and Control by Default
Moltbot connects to real messaging surfaces, so security matters.
DM Pairing by Default
Your assistant only talks to people you approve with explicit opt-in for public messages.
Local Allowlists
Control exactly who can interact with your assistant through local allowlist configuration.
Built-in Diagnostics
Run moltbot doctor to surface risky or misconfigured DM policies and keep your setup secure.
Who Moltbot Is For
Moltbot is ideal if you want:
Personal AI Assistant
Not a shared SaaS — your own dedicated AI that knows you and works for you.
Unified Chat Experience
One AI brain across all your chat apps with persistent memory everywhere.
Self-Hosted Control
Local or self-hosted control over your data, sessions, and privacy.
What People Are Saying
"At this point I don't even know what to call Moltbot. It is something new. After a few weeks in with it, this is the first time I have felt like I am living in the future since the launch of ChatGPT."
"I got up and running today with Moltbot and it's been nothing short of an iPhone moment for me. Thanks for creating this first true personal assistant experience — it's magical!"
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Join the Community
Join a thriving community of AI enthusiasts and developers. We are building the future of personal AI together. Whether you want to share a new skill you've built, ask for help with configuration, or discuss the latest AI models, our Discord server and GitHub discussions are the places to be. Moltbot is open-source, and we welcome contributions of all kinds—from code and documentation to bug reports and feature ideas.