Ready-made agent · OpenClaw Foundation
OpenClaw at a glance
A ready-made, self-hosted AI assistant you message from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage and more. It is not a framework for building your own agent, and by design there is no hosted service in the middle.
Best for: Running your own personal or team assistant on hardware you control.
Self-host OpenClaw step by step →
Key facts
- Maintainer
- OpenClaw Foundation
- Languages
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Latest version
2026.9.7· September 30, 2026- Repository
- openclaw/openclaw
- Hosted option
- None
Quickstart
Install the package, set the credentials, then run the smallest agent from the official docs. Model IDs are the ones the docs use and may not be enabled on your account.
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash (Windows: iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex)openclaw onboard
openclaw gateway install
openclaw dashboardFeatures
| Any model | Yes | Any provider with failover, plus local models |
|---|---|---|
| MCP client | Not confirmed | Extends through plugins, skills and ClawHub |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | |
| Multi-agent | Yes | Routes to isolated sessions per agent, workspace or sender |
| Durable runs | Yes | The Gateway owns sessions; cron jobs, hooks and webhooks |
| Human approval | Not confirmed | |
| Tracing | Not confirmed | |
| Evals | No |
Recent changes
- The project is now stewarded by the OpenClaw Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
- TOOLS.md is no longer injected; put tool notes in a ## Tools section of AGENTS.md.
- HEARTBEAT.md is still accepted but does nothing.