Moltis
Shares rank 22 of 26 AI assistants by recommenders
Recommended for being polished, easy to install as a single binary, and fixing OpenClaw's pain points. Main caveat: security risks from the access it is given.
Recommended for being polished, easy to install as a single binary, and fixing OpenClaw's pain points. Main caveat: security risks from the access it is given.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 64%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Improves on OpenClaw's pain points
“your take has all the pain points of openclaw fixed”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills” “Moltis is better (at the moment).”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “OpenClaw Is a Security Nightmare Dressed Up as a Daydream” Polished and easy to install
“It's a great application, and in stark contrast with the 'competitors', everything is so polished”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills” “it does add benefits like being a single binary and very easy to install”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Security risks with access and skills
“all this molt stuff is yolo for life on all things you give it access to”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills” “Don't install skills in OpenClaw or Moltis for security reasons.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills” Setup and login problems
“I just tried on digitalocean and I have a similar issue, the last version I published might have issue.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills” “it get stuck in the login of my bot”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills”
Other AI assistants people recommend
The four most recommended other AI assistants, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | 5,175 | 5,005 | 51% | 13 | 6 mo326 owners | — |
| Google Gemini | 2,195 | 2,236 | 50% | 13 | 6 mo98 owners | — |
| ChatGPT | 2,186 | 2,885 | 43% | 13 | 1 yr164 owners | — |
| Grok | 727 | 1,249 | 37% | 13 | 1 mo19 owners | — |
| MoltisThis page | 7 | 4 | 64% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Moltis is better (at the moment).”
“It's a great application, and in stark contrast with the 'competitors', everything is so polished”
“Moltis has a web chat UI at least.”
“all this molt stuff is yolo for life on all things you give it access to”
“Looks like a good architecture.”
“Don't install skills in OpenClaw or Moltis for security reasons.”
“your take has all the pain points of openclaw fixed”
“I just tried on digitalocean and I have a similar issue, the last version I published might have issue.”
“it get stuck in the login of my bot”
“it does add benefits like being a single binary and very easy to install”
“it works for a few friends”
“I use it daily and I'm shipping because it's useful, not because it's done.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.