Run 50 AI agents on your old phone. Beautifully simple. Zero cloud. $0 cost.
Lobster is a quiet worker — a single-process orchestrator that manages multiple AI agent instances on constrained hardware. No complex setup, no cloud bills, no vendor lock-in. Just your old devices, working together.
Why?
Because you don't need a $50/month VPS to run an AI agent team. You have a drawer full of old phones.
- Your old Samsung Galaxy → 10 agent instances
- That iPad collecting dust → 5 agent instances
- A Raspberry Pi you forgot about → 3 agent instances
- Total: 18 agents. Total cost: $0.
What It Does
Lobster runs as a single process that manages multiple PicoClaw instances. Each instance is an isolated AI agent with:
- < 10MB memory per instance
- RESTful API for control
- Independent lifecycle (start/stop/restart)
- No Go compilation needed for basic use
Quick Start
# Start the orchestrator
./lobster start
# Check status
./lobster status
# That's it.Philosophy
We believe in:
- Using what you already have — old devices deserve a second life
- Simplicity over complexity — one process, one command
- Local control over cloud dependency — your agents, your hardware
- Quiet reliability — no hype, no dashboard, just works
Not For You If
- You want a flashy web dashboard
- You need 1000+ instances
- You prefer paying $50/month for cloud AI
For You If
- You have old devices lying around
- You want to run multiple AI agents without cloud costs
- You believe in local-first, edge computing
- You appreciate simplicity