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OpenClaw
Personal AI assistant that lives on your own machine, with a local Gateway that connects channels, tools, devices and swappable model harnesses.
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What it is
Personal AI assistant that lives on your own machine, with a local Gateway that connects channels, tools, devices and swappable model harnesses.
GitHub repo · openclaw.ai · @openclaw
Install
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bashWindows: iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iexnpm install -g openclaw@latest (Node 24.16+/26.1+), then openclaw onboard --install-daemonDocker, Nix (docs)
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Models
Hosted and local model providers; models and agent harnesses (Claude, Codex, local models) are swappable plugins.
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Cost
Free (MIT); you pay your model provider.
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Features
- Gateway control plane for sessions, tools, events and channels (iMessage etc.) raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/HEAD/README.md
- Companion apps/nodes for voice, Canvas, camera, screen raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/HEAD/README.md
- Run by the OpenClaw Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit x.com/openclaw · user report
Use cases
Tak 🦞@cherry_mx_reds
Opus orchestrating spare Codex resets "through Herdr, T3, Hermes, OpenClaw, whatever works"
John Lemp@duckworth
Runs a custom automated research and briefing workflow
Simon Høiberg@SimonHoiberg
"Yap-to-content": 30–40 minutes of voice notes to Telegram, and "My OpenClaw agent structures my thoughts"
Keith Vaughan@techopsasia
A consultant who has "created hermes and openclaw for clients (they just know it's an agent)"
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy@vishnuunhsiv9
"My @openclaw agent called a Japanese restaurant to make a reservation … With @twilio and @ChatGPT voice"
Tom Kriebernegg@kriebernegg
Moved most of his work onto agents, OpenClaw first
Dave. Lee@1DaveLee_
Mac assistant connected to iMessage, browser and phone; automated voice calls to restaurants via OpenAI realtime + Twilio
Complaints and issues
- On hosting: "what breaks is rarely the model, its the box: ram blows up mid build, disk fills, logins expire" @kylianCros ·
- Upgrade advice from a user: "Pin the version that works and turn off auto-update for now" @Sonofpeace0001 ·
- GPT-6.1 Sol was "explicitly advertised" in 2026.9.8, but users ended up "investigating their configuration" @TotoshiSensei ·
- "spent 700$ on a mac mini 8 months ago for my openclaw agent, used it for 2 months and haven't touched it since" @treeonchain ·
- "ive gone from openclaw to hermes and now moved everything to grok bot" @peer_rich ·
- "the one i used most was openclaw, and it was a nightmare to set up, even for someone as techy as me" @peduarte ·
- Friends who bought Mac minis "lost interests in about 1-2 months … tokens cost money" @sfbayKL ·
- Security: "doesn't make sense to use if you enjoy privacy, security, or accuracy" @wedtm ·
- "I gave up on tweaking my openclaw after a few months" @thekitze ·
- Codex app-server rewrites the prompt on tool-call turns, busting OpenAI prompt cache · GitHub issue
- Live docs are ahead of the release · GitHub issue
- Bootstrap files in agentDir silently ignored · GitHub issue
FAQ
Where does my data live?
State, memory and credentials stay on your hardware; prompts go only to the model provider you choose.
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Can I use plain npm install from source?
No. The repo is a pnpm workspace; use pnpm install/build.
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