Botel

Botel is a cloud Linux room providing an AI agent that pauses when idle and wakes on a message.

Botel provides an AI agent hosted on a Linux computer with SSH access. The agent pauses when idle and wakes up when you open its app, send a message, or use an active browser tab or SSH connection. Users can install tools, run scripts, choose models, and ask the agent to build websites. It supports Hermes, OpenClaw, and DeepSeek, with web app interfaces and Telegram bot integration for Hermes and OpenClaw. Pricing uses a prepaid balance starting at five dollars with no subscription, charging by the second for awake time, plus storage and model calls.

Botel at a glance

Best for: Software engineer, Founder
Runs on: Web
Pricing: Prepaid balance from $5; awake time from $0.03 an hour billed by the second; model calls at cost plus 15%; storage $0.05/GiB-month; no subscription
Released: November 2026
Category: AI agent tool
Website: botel.dev

Key features

Linux environment with SSH access
Agent pauses when idle and wakes on messages
Support for Hermes, OpenClaw, and DeepSeek
Web app interface for agents
Telegram bot integration for Hermes and OpenClaw
Tool installation and script execution

Use it for

Build a website and receive a link
Run custom scripts on a Linux environment
Interact with AI agents via Telegram

Companions

Tools that articles about Botel recommend using with it, each with its job.

Agent Reach — Lets Hermes read X, Reddit, YouTube and other sites.
Agent Skills — Addy Osmani's skills with verification gates for coding work.
Codebase Memory MCP — Persistent knowledge graph of your repositories.
Defuddle — Turns messy pages into clean text for the agent.
SkillClaw — Improves the skill library from real sessions.
Hermes Atlas — Ranked catalog of Hermes skills and tools.

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