Raspberry Pi

Scope

This guide helps you run a persistent Moltbot Gateway on a Raspberry Pi (ARM64). It’s a good fit for a low-power, always-on personal gateway.

Prerequisites

Raspberry Pi 4/5 (2GB+ RAM recommended)
Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64-bit
SSH access and a stable network connection

Setup (quick path)

1) Flash a 64-bit OS and enable SSH

Use Raspberry Pi Imager to flash “Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)” and enable SSH in advanced options.

2) SSH in and update packages

ssh user@YOUR_PI_HOST

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y git curl build-essential

3) Install Node.js 22 (ARM64)

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs
node --version

4) Add swap (recommended for <=2GB RAM)

sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

5) Install Moltbot

Recommended install:

curl -fsSL https://clawd.bot/install.sh | bash

6) Onboard and install the service

moltbot onboard --install-daemon

7) Verify and access the UI

moltbot status
moltbot health
sudo systemctl status moltbot

On your laptop:

ssh -L 18789:localhost:18789 user@YOUR_PI_HOST

Open http://localhost:18789/.

Notes (ARM)

Use API-backed models; don’t try to run local LLMs on a Pi.
If a skill fails with “exec format error”, verify the required binary has an ARM64 build.