Index / Spacebot · updated Aug 17, 2026
Spacebot
spacedriveapp/spacebot · healthy · rank 20 of 43 by stars
Spacebot is an opinionated agent harness that splits monolithic LLM loops into specialized processes for true multi-user concurrency. Its typed graph memory in SQLite and automatic skill capture make it smarter the more teams use it.
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Security breakdown
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Model access
Read from the repository, not written by a model · 73 files examined
3 providers · custom endpoint
Pinned models
gpt-5.3-codex released 2026-02-24 — 6 months old (from the public model catalogue)
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Evidence
Decision
Why choose Spacebot over OpenClaw?
Why choose this
- Native multi-user concurrency across chat platforms
- Typed graph memory in SQLite vs markdown files
- Automatic skill capture from completed tasks
Tradeoffs
- Less mature single-user personal assistant focus
- No clear mobile/local-first offline mode
- Smaller community footprint compared to OpenClaw
Best fit
- Discord/Slack communities needing shared AI agent
- Teams wanting persistent typed memory across channels
- Multi-user autonomous task execution
Avoid if
- Solo users wanting minimal setup without team features
- Those requiring fully local-only offline operation (cloud deploy emphasized)
- Projects needing extensive third-party plugin ecosystem
Evidence from README and commits shows active Rust development with team features, but provided Reddit/Web mentions are unrelated to Spacebot, causing low confidence in community sentiment.
AI layer reviewed Aug 2, 2026 · how this is written
Star activity
2,360 stars today
Overview
Spacebot is an opinionated AI agent harness built in Rust, designed for teams, communities, and multi-user environments. Unlike monolithic agent loops, it splits conversation, reasoning, tool execution, and memory into specialized processes, enabling true concurrent multi-user interactions across Discord, Slack, Telegram, and Twitch without blocking.
Its core architecture stores state in a typed graph within SQLite rather than markdown files, and autonomy is driven by a task state machine linked to goals. After complex tasks or idle conversations, a background process captures learned skills and memories, making the system progressively smarter with zero user action. Recent commits (v0.5.0) introduce per-agent secret isolation, dormant cortex, and structured worker outcomes, indicating a focus on security and scalable backend readiness.
Compared to OpenClaw's personal assistant focus, Spacebot prioritizes shared memory across channels and process-level concurrency for organizations. While it offers one-click cloud deployment via spacebot.sh, Docker builds allow self-hosting, though its FSL license and emerging plugin ecosystem differentiate it from fully open-source alternatives.