⚡ AetherCore

The Minimal Agent Kernel for a Distributed AI Future.

Pico Mode — single binary, boots in <50ms, competes with PicoClaw.
Kernel Mode — same binary, one flag, full distributed mesh with Rust sandbox.

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Why AetherCore?

Most AI agent frameworks are architecturally wrong. They couple LLM orchestration with tool execution, memory, and networking into a single bloated runtime.

AetherCore is a kernel — not a framework.

	AetherCore	PicoClaw	LangChain
Binary size	<10MB	~10MB	N/A (Python)
RAM at rest	<15MB	~15MB	200MB+
Cold start	<50ms	~1s	5s+
Rust sandbox	✅	❌	❌
Zero Trust tools	✅	❌	❌
Distributed mesh	✅	❌	❌
Proactive intelligence	✅	❌	❌
Multi-user	✅	❌	❌
WhatsApp / Slack / Email	✅	❌	❌

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Quick Start

# Download binary
curl -sSL https://github.com/fzihak/aethercore/releases/latest/download/aether-linux-amd64 -o aether
chmod +x aether

# Onboard in 60 seconds
./aether onboard

# Run your first task
./aether run --goal "Summarize my last 5 emails"

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Layer 3 — Mesh          [opt]  │  --kernel flag
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│           Layer 2 — Rust Sidecar     [opt]  │  sandbox + WASM
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          Layer 1 — Modules           [opt]  │  feature flags
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│        Layer 0 — Go Kernel        [SACRED]  │  <10MB · <50ms
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Golden Principle: Minimal Core. Infinite Extension.

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Documentation

Doc	Description
Architecture Whitepaper	Full system design
Security Model	Zero trust, sandbox, crypto
Plugin SDK	Build your own tools
Benchmarks	Performance results
Contributing	How to contribute

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License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE

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Privacy

AetherCore is self-hosted. Your conversations, memory, tasks, and data never leave your machine.

The only thing that touches AetherCore servers:

• Your email address (for login)
• Your last login time (so we know the project is being used)
• Your country (approximate, detected from IP at login)
• The AetherCore version you are running

That is it. Nothing else. Ever.

We cannot read your conversations. We cannot access your files. We cannot see what tools you use. We do not sell data. We do not run ads.

You can delete your account at any time:

aether account delete

This removes your record from our auth server immediately.