Molt 🦀

Personal AI Gateway written in Go — Inspired by OpenClaw

Molt là bản viết lại của OpenClaw bằng Go, cung cấp gateway kết nối các nền tảng nhắn tin (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp) với AI agents (Claude, GPT, Gemini).

✨ Features

• 🚀 Fast & Lightweight — Single binary 14MB, startup ~100ms
• 📱 Multi-channel — Telegram (Discord, WhatsApp coming soon)
• 🤖 Multi-model — Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, GitHub Copilot
• 🛠️ 25+ Built-in Tools — exec, read, write, browser, cron, memory, tts, canvas
• 🧠 Memory System — Vector search + keyword fallback
• 📚 Skills System — Compatible với OpenClaw SKILL.md format
• ⏰ Cron Scheduler — at/every/cron expressions với timezone
• 🎨 Canvas — Web-based rendering với screenshot
• 🔊 TTS — OpenAI + ElevenLabs text-to-speech
• 🖥️ Control UI — Real-time web dashboard
• 🔐 Local-first — Dữ liệu không qua cloud trung gian

📦 Installation

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/hangnhat57/molt.git
cd molt

# Build
go build -o bin/molt ./cmd/molt

# Or install globally
go install ./cmd/molt@latest

Requirements

• Go 1.23+
• Chrome/Chromium (for browser automation)

🚀 Quick Start

# 1. Initialize config
molt config init

# 2. Edit config
nano ~/.molt/config.json

# 3. Start gateway
molt gateway

# 4. Open Control UI
open http://127.0.0.1:18791

⚙️ Configuration

Config file: ~/.molt/config.json

{
  "gateway": {
    "port": 18789,
    "bind": "loopback",
    "controlUi": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  },
  "agents": {
    "default": "main",
    "defaults": {
      "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
      "fallback": "openai/gpt-4o",
      "anthropicKey": "sk-ant-...",
      "openaiKey": "sk-...",
      "githubCopilotToken": "ghu_..."
    }
  },
  "telegram": {
    "enabled": true,
    "botToken": "123456:ABC...",
    "allowlist": [1461352104]
  }
}

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        CHANNELS                              │
├──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤
│   Telegram   │   Discord    │   WhatsApp (planned)         │
└──────┬───────┴──────┬───────┴──────────────┬───────────────┘
       │              │                       │
       └──────────────┴───────────────────────┘
                           │
                           ▼
              ┌────────────────────────┐
              │        Gateway         │
              │   ws://127.0.0.1:18789 │
              ├────────────────────────┤
              │ • Session Manager      │
              │ • Channel Manager      │
              │ • WebSocket Server     │
              │ • HTTP API             │
              └───────────┬────────────┘
                          │
        ┌─────────────────┼─────────────────┐
        ▼                 ▼                 ▼
┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│    Agents    │ │    Tools     │ │   Services   │
├──────────────┤ ├──────────────┤ ├──────────────┤
│ • Runner     │ │ • exec       │ │ • Memory     │
│ • Prompt     │ │ • read/write │ │ • Skills     │
│ • Memory     │ │ • browser    │ │ • Cron       │
│              │ │ • web_search │ │ • TTS        │
│              │ │ • cron       │ │ • Canvas     │
│              │ │ • tts        │ │ • Control UI │
└──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
                          │
                          ▼
              ┌────────────────────────┐
              │     LLM Providers      │
              ├────────┬───────┬───────┤
              │Anthropic│OpenAI │Copilot│
              │(Claude) │ (GPT) │       │
              └────────┴───────┴───────┘

📁 Project Structure

molt/
├── cmd/molt/              # CLI entry point
│   └── main.go
├── internal/
│   ├── agents/              # Agent runner
│   │   └── runner.go
│   ├── browser/             # Browser automation (chromedp)
│   │   ├── browser.go
│   │   └── tools.go
│   ├── canvas/              # Web canvas rendering
│   │   ├── canvas.go
│   │   └── tools.go
│   ├── channels/            # Channel adapters
│   │   └── telegram.go
│   ├── config/              # Configuration
│   │   └── types.go
│   ├── controlui/           # Control UI dashboard
│   │   └── server.go
│   ├── cron/                # Cron scheduler
│   │   ├── scheduler.go
│   │   └── tools.go
│   ├── gateway/             # Gateway server
│   │   ├── server.go
│   │   ├── session.go
│   │   └── channels.go
│   ├── memory/              # Memory system
│   │   ├── memory.go
│   │   ├── embedder.go
│   │   └── tools.go
│   ├── prompt/              # Dynamic system prompt
│   │   └── builder.go
│   ├── skills/              # Skills system
│   │   ├── skills.go
│   │   └── tools.go
│   ├── tools/               # Built-in tools
│   │   ├── tools.go
│   │   └── web.go
│   └── tts/                 # Text-to-speech
│       ├── tts.go
│       └── tools.go
├── pkg/
│   └── llm/                 # LLM providers
│       ├── provider.go
│       ├── anthropic.go
│       ├── openai.go
│       └── github_copilot.go
├── go.mod
└── README.md

🔧 Commands

# Start gateway server
molt gateway
molt gateway --port 8080 --bind lan
molt gateway --headless=false  # Show browser

# Configuration
molt config init    # Create default config
molt config show    # Show current config

# Health check
molt doctor

# Show status
molt status

🛠️ Tools

Core Tools

Tool	Description
exec	Execute shell commands
read	Read file contents
write	Write to files
edit	Edit files (find/replace)

Web Tools

Tool	Description
web_search	Search web (Brave API)
web_fetch	Fetch URL content

Browser Tools

Tool	Description
browser_navigate	Navigate to URL
browser_screenshot	Capture screenshot
browser_snapshot	Get page content
browser_click	Click element
browser_type	Type into input
browser_evaluate	Execute JavaScript

Cron Tools

Tool	Description
cron_list	List scheduled jobs
cron_add	Add new job
cron_remove	Remove job
cron_run	Trigger job now
cron_status	Scheduler status

Memory Tools

Tool	Description
memory_search	Semantic search memories
memory_get	Read memory file

Skills Tools

Tool	Description
skills_list	List available skills
skills_search	Search skills
skills_info	Get skill details

TTS Tools

Tool	Description
tts	Convert text to speech
tts_voices	List available voices

Canvas Tools

Tool	Description
canvas_present	Display HTML/markdown
canvas_snapshot	Capture canvas
canvas_eval	Execute JS in canvas
canvas_hide	Close canvas session
canvas_list	List canvas sessions

🔌 Ports

Port	Service
18789	Gateway WebSocket
18790	Canvas HTTP server
18791	Control UI dashboard

📊 Comparison with OpenClaw

Feature	OpenClaw (TypeScript)	Molt (Go)
Language	TypeScript/Node.js	Go
Binary	Requires Node.js	Single binary
Size	~100MB (node_modules)	14MB
Memory	~100-300MB	~20-50MB
Startup	~2-5s	~100ms
Lines of code	~555,000	~7,800
Channels	10+	1 (WIP)
Skills	50+	Compatible loader
Browser	Playwright	chromedp

🗺️ Roadmap

• Gateway server with WebSocket
• Telegram channel
• Anthropic Claude provider
• OpenAI provider
• GitHub Copilot provider
• Basic tools (exec, read, write, edit)
• Web tools (search, fetch)
• Browser automation (chromedp)
• Cron scheduler
• Memory system (vector + keyword)
• Skills system (OpenClaw compatible)
• Dynamic system prompt
• TTS (OpenAI, ElevenLabs)
• Canvas rendering
• Control UI dashboard
• Discord channel
• WhatsApp channel
• Google Gemini provider
• Ollama provider
• Message tool (cross-channel)
• Nodes (mobile integration)

🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome! Please follow Go conventions and add tests.

# Run tests
go test ./...

# Format code
go fmt ./...

# Lint
golangci-lint run

📄 License

MIT

🙏 Credits

• OpenClaw — The original inspiration
• Anthropic — Claude AI
• chromedp — Browser automation
• go-telegram-bot-api — Telegram SDK
• robfig/cron — Cron scheduler

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Built with 🦀 by Nathan Nguyen — 2026