Your own AI assistant. Almost a no-brainer.

Your assistant runs on a small server that's yours, powered by Hermes or OpenClaw. You keep your passwords and chats; we keep it healthy.

Your passwords never leave your machine Our free agent runs only a few safe commands Set up in minutes, no tech skills needed
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How it works

Three steps. Not technical? Good.

It really is your own assistant, on a server that's yours. Privacy is built in, and once it's running we keep an eye on it so you don't have to. If you can follow a recipe, you can do this.

  1. 1 The smarterbrain mascot weighing up a small server plan

    Rent a small server, we show you which

    A cheap server from a mainstream provider, about the price of two coffees a month. We point at exactly the one to pick, in plain words.

    See the exact steps
  2. 2 The smarterbrain mascot pasting a setup command

    Copy one command to set it up

    Copy one command into your provider's web console, like a single step on a recipe card, and your assistant installs itself. Your passwords and AI logins stay with you, never with us.

  3. 3 The smarterbrain mascot watching over a server through the night

    Chat from Telegram; we keep it running

    Talk to your assistant from your phone. We keep an eye on the server and tell you, in plain words, before anything needs you. The final call is always yours.

Built around the companies and projects we love

  • Hostinger
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Gemini
  • Grok

We work with Hostinger

Renting your server, shown step by step

These are real screenshots from us setting up a server the same way you will. The plan to pick is called KVM 2, and the whole thing takes about ten minutes, most of it waiting.

  1. Step 1 · Order the server

    Pick the KVM 2 plan and check out

    On Hostinger's VPS page, choose KVM 2, then check out. When it asks which operating system you want, pick Ubuntu 24.04.

    Hostinger's VPS plans with KVM 2 marked as most popular
    Plans as they looked in June 2026. Prices and discounts move around; the name to look for is KVM 2.

  2. Step 2 · Set one password

    Create a password and let it build

    The setup wizard asks for a root password: click Generate and save it somewhere safe, like a password manager. You can skip every optional extra. Then Hostinger builds your server, which takes about three minutes.

    Hostinger's setup wizard asking for a root password, with all password requirements ticked green

  3. Step 3 · Paste your command

    Get your personal command and paste it

    Create your free account at app.smarterbrain.ai (coming soon) and it gives you a personal one-line command, like the example below but with your own pairing code. Then, on your server's Overview page, click Terminal in the top-right corner: it signs you in by itself, no password asked. Paste your command and your assistant installs itself. Your password and AI logins never leave your hands.

    curl -fsSL https://smarterbrain.ai/smarter.sh | bash -s -- --enrol YOUR-CODE

    An example only: your account gives you the real one, and the code inside it works for 10 minutes.

    Hostinger's VPS dashboard with an arrow pointing at the Terminal button in the top-right corner
Rent your server at Hostinger

Any cheap Ubuntu server works. But your AI assistant will live on it, so pick a provider you trust with your data: Hostinger is the one we test on and recommend.

Knowledge base

Plain-language answers, growing all the time

Browse the knowledge base
Start here A friendly brain explaining a small rented server

What is a server, really?

A small computer you rent for a few euros a month. What it costs, who rents it out, and what you get.

Beginner8 min
Safety net A friendly brain packing an encrypted backup

Backups only you can read

How encrypted backup works in plain words: one password, kept by you, never by us.

Beginner12 min
Get started A friendly brain tuning an AI assistant

Meet your AI assistant

What an AI assistant actually is, what it's good at, and how to ask it for help.

Beginner6 min

Your privacy

Your server is yours. Full stop.

Your assistant lives on your own server. We see whether it's healthy, never your conversations and never your passwords, and you can switch us off anytime.

  • Passwords stay with you. Your password and AI logins go from your device to your server, never to us.
  • Your call. We hold one permission you approve, and you can switch it off with one click.
  • No silent tracking. No selling, no profiling, no surprises.

Honest about what we are

smarterbrain.ai gives you friendly guidance and tools to run your own AI assistant on your own server. We guide, watch, and warn; we never hold your passwords and we never take control of your server, so we can't be responsible for a breach, data loss, or outage on your systems. The final call is yours, always, so keep your own backups. Nothing here is professional security advice.

Set up your own AI assistant, for free

Create your account, get your personal setup command, and check that we can see your server before you decide what to turn on next.

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