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Show HN: Vilvona AI – Self-Hosted AI Assistant with Tamil and Hindi UI

Vigneshwaran S. released Vilvona AI, a self-hosted AI assistant that connects to messaging and productivity apps including WhatsApp, Telegram, Gmail, and Slack while keeping all data local. The tool features a Tamil and Hindi user interface and runs on personal machines using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model, with users paying Anthropic directly per token.

read4 min publishedJun 12, 2026

Self-hosted AI assistant that connects all your apps.

Powered by Claude Fable 5. Tamil & Hindi UI. Works on mobile. Run anywhere.

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I built Vilvona AI because I wanted a personal AI assistant that could connect to WhatsApp, Telegram, Gmail, Slack, and everything else I use — without sending my data to some cloud service.

It runs entirely on your own machine. You bring your Anthropic API key, and Vilvona handles the rest. Your conversations stay local. You pay Anthropic directly per token — no markup, no middleman.

The two things that make it different from everything else I found:

Tamil and Hindi— I'm from Chennai. I wanted an AI assistant that actually works in Tamil, not just pretends to. Vilvona has a full Tamil and Hindi interface built in.Claude Fable 5 by default— Anthropic's most capable model, set as the default. 1 million token context. Computer use. The best reasoning available right now.

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
npx vilvona

Open ** http://localhost:4000**. Done.

Get an API key at console.anthropic.com — it's free to sign up, you only pay for what you use.

npx vilvona

yarn dlx vilvona

pnpm dlx vilvona

npm install -g vilvona

Windows (PowerShell):

$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "sk-ant-..."
npx vilvona

Docker:

docker run -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-... -p 4000:4000 ghcr.io/vignesh2027/vilvona-ai

Requires Node.js 22+. If you have nvm:

nvm install 22 && nvm use 22

Category Apps
Messaging WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage (Mac), Signal, Discord
Work Slack, Gmail, Notion, GitHub, Linear, Jira
Social Instagram DM, Twitter/X
Files Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive
Dev GitLab, webhooks, custom MCP servers

100+ integrations inherited from OpenClaw. You connect them from the Settings panel in the UI.

The interface supports 21 languages. Tamil and Hindi are built in by Vilvona — no other AI assistant I found actually has these as first-class options.

Language Script Code
Tamil
தமிழ் ta
Hindi
हिन्दी hi
English English en
Chinese 中文 zh-CN
Japanese 日本語 ja-JP
Korean 한국어 ko
Arabic العربية ar
+ 14 more

Set the language in your config:

{ "ui": { "locale": "ta" } }
export VILVONA_DEFAULT_MODEL=fable    # Claude Fable 5 — default, best reasoning
export VILVONA_DEFAULT_MODEL=opus     # Claude Opus 4.8 — balanced
export VILVONA_DEFAULT_MODEL=sonnet   # Claude Sonnet 4.6 — fast

Or set it in ~/.openclaw/config.json

:

{ "defaults": { "model": "anthropic/claude-fable-5" } }

Vilvona works as a mobile app without any app store. On your phone, open http://your-ip:4000

and tap "Add to Home Screen." It installs like a native app on both iOS and Android.

Variable What it does Default
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
Your Anthropic key — required
VILVONA_DEFAULT_MODEL
fable , opus , or sonnet
fable
VILVONA_PRO_KEY
Pro license (VLVN-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX )
OPENCLAW_PORT
Port for the web UI 4000

Config file: ~/.openclaw/config.json

The free version has everything for personal use. Pro adds features for teams and businesses.

Feature Free Pro
Claude Fable 5 Yes Yes
All integrations Yes Yes
Tamil & Hindi UI Yes Yes
Mobile PWA Yes Yes
Enterprise audit logs Yes
Team config sync Yes
Priority Fable 5 routing Yes
Custom AI personas Yes
Webhooks & Zapier Yes
White-label branding Yes

Get Vilvona Pro — one-time purchase, lifetime access

After purchase, activate with:

export VILVONA_PRO_KEY=VLVN-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
vilvona
npx vilvona
  └── openclaw.mjs checks Node.js 22+
      └── downloads openclaw runtime → ~/.vilvona/runtime/ (first run, ~97MB)
          └── sets OPENCLAW_DEFAULT_MODEL=anthropic/claude-fable-5
              └── starts web UI at localhost:4000

The first run downloads OpenClaw's runtime bundle once. After that, everything starts in under a second from cache.

Releases are automatic. Pushing a v*

tag runs the CI checks and publishes to npm + creates a GitHub release.

npm version patch
git push origin main --follow-tags

MIT. Built on OpenClaw (also MIT). Attribution in UPSTREAM.md.

Built by Vigneshwar L

CSE, Chennai

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