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Installation
brew install nullclawlocal Homebrew formula metadata
Überblick
Tiny autonomous AI assistant infrastructure written in Zig
Verlauf
NullClaw is a Zig-based autonomous AI assistant runtime packaged as a small single-binary tool. Its public materials emphasize low memory use, fast startup, provider agnosticism, and running agent infrastructure on inexpensive or resource-constrained machines.
GitHub's repository API reports that nullclaw/nullclaw was created on February 16, 2026. That makes it a very young project in package-history terms, so there is not enough independent history to treat it like a long-established ecosystem component.
The repository README frames the project as '100% Zig' assistant infrastructure with a 678 KB binary, roughly 1 MB RAM use, and startup under 2 ms. Those are project claims from the official repository, not independently benchmarked adoption facts.
NullClaw's visible adoption is early but unusually loud for a 2026 repository. The GitHub API reported 7,736 stars and 907 forks on July 1, 2026, while the Homebrew formula showed stable version 2026.5.29 and 1,661 installs over its visible 365-day analytics window.
The official docs focus on a source-build path with Zig, Git, and an LLM provider API key, followed by `nullclaw onboard`, `nullclaw agent`, `status`, `doctor`, and `capabilities --json`. That indicates adoption is aimed at agent-runtime experimenters and self-hosting users rather than a mature enterprise distribution channel.
Practical use begins by building or installing the `nullclaw` binary, onboarding a provider such as OpenRouter, OpenAI, or Anthropic, then running an agent message or gateway. The docs also describe web-channel pairing through `~/.nullclaw/config.json`, which turns it from a terminal-only agent into a runtime that can talk to a browser UI.
Package nerds would care about NullClaw as a counterpoint to Python/Node-heavy agent frameworks: it is distributed as a compiled Zig binary, it has minimal runtime assumptions, and its Homebrew formula depends on Zig only when building from source.
NullClaw is significant mostly as an early signal in AI-agent packaging: small native binaries and local runtimes are being used to package agent infrastructure. The history is too short for high confidence about durability.
Sicherheitslage
formula declares a Homebrew service. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.nullclaw/config.jsonCredential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
~/.nullclaw/config.jsonExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
nullclaw | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/nullclaw/nullclaw
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:nullclaw |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026.5.29 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nullclaw |
| Homepage | https://nullclaw.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/nullclaw/nullclaw |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://nullclaw.io/nullclaw/docs/getting-started |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/nullclaw/nullclaw/archive/refs/tags/v2026.5.29.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-14T14:13:23-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | zig |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | declared |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | nullclaw |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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