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Re:Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and s... by fabienpenso on Friday February 13, 2026 @04:40PM (#47008207)
There is actually a reason, the Rust logo is a crab named Ferris: https://rustacean.net
Re:Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and s... by canadiantim on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:26PM (#47009831)
ah that's fair, that makes a lot more sense.

I thought it was all from "clawdbot" being renamed to "moltbot" to "openclaw". Thought everyone stuck with the lobster meme simply because of the claude code origins of clawdbot.

Re:Moltis: Rust based AI assistant with memory, tools, and s... by fabienpenso on Friday February 13, 2026 @09:19PM (#47010854)
To be honest, I was looking at a short name, something than "Rustacean" would get, had a domain name available, easy to pronounce. I didn't like rustclaw, I think having similar name doesn't mean much unless it's very related, like tinyclaw being a typescript simili I get it.

For the logo, I do think everyone went for the lobster meme for a connection to clawdbot. But in my case it's because I wanted to use a derivative of the Rust logo, a crab.