In simple English
This tool acts as a private helper that connects to artificial intelligence models of your choice. You can talk to it in a web browser, a command-line terminal, or through chat apps like Telegram and Discord. It reads your local files, remembers your preferences across chats, and runs background tasks on a schedule. You need to supply your own model account or run a local model server. It is free to use under an open-source licence.
What it is
A self-hosted personal AI assistant framework written in Python that includes a web user interface, file tools, long-term memory, and multi-agent workflows. It supports model context protocol (a standard way for assistants to connect to external data sources) and exposes an OpenAI-compatible API.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want a private, customizable assistant to summarize documents, automate routine workflows, and answer questions across multiple chat platforms without relying on closed commercial apps.
- Runs locally or on your own server, keeping your data under your control.
- Connects to multiple chat platforms including Telegram, Discord, Slack, and email.
- Includes a built-in web user interface for managing chats, files, and scheduled tasks.
- Requires Python 3.11 or newer and some command-line setup experience.
- Does not include an AI model account, so you must pay a provider or run your own hardware.
- Running background gateways and scheduled tasks requires keeping the server awake.
Closed commercial AI chat apps and manual script scheduling
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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HKUDS/nanobot/main/scripts/install.sh | sh nanobot webui