Lobster-themed AI assistants, milestone releases, and the latest NAS operating system launch

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This week's self-hosting highlights include ClawdbotMoltbotOpenClaw, a viral open-source AI chatbot that can book travel and make reservations from chat platforms. MOS, a new Devuan-based NAS operating system, offers a web interface and plugin support. Immich v2.5 adds non-destructive photo editing, moving closer to being a Google Photos alternative. The newsletter also features Vanilla Cookbook, a minimalist self-hosted recipe platform with LLM assistance and Docker deployment.

Self-Host Weekly (30 January 2026)

Still not so usable as OpenCode for example. Subagents in OpenClaw very often ignore file content and modify it on blind. Not usable for serious work still.

I heard about OpenClaw last week, and for my learning the tool I automated Reading my emails and creating a report at the end of each day. But i feel i haven’t scratched even the surface.
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Nice POC that showing how long the AI have progressed but the amount of tokens you need to actually use it freely is insane and the average joe will not be able to make it work.

A good POC, let them focus on the CVEs first then proceed with features improvements.