OpenClaw Foundation

license

MIT(OSI

source

public

self-host

primary(local-first)

core features withheld

no

Genuinely MIT open source; the NOASSERTION flag is a classifier artifact, not a restriction.

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-15

  MIT text, Copyright OpenClaw Foundation

OpenClaw's adoption is measured as npm downloads of the openclaw package over a trailing 30 days, a directly counted install figure rather than a reported estimate or a stars-based proxy.

• https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-month/openclaw recorded 2026-08-12

  11,365,016 downloads in the trailing 30 days for openclaw

OpenClaw runs one gateway that serves dozens of messaging channels, voice and a browser control UI, with companion apps on macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.

• https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw recorded 2026-08-13

  real repo, 379k stars, TS, created 2025-11-24, active

• https://docs.openclaw.ai recorded 2026-09-29

  Docs overview: "Discord, iMessage, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, WebChat, and more with a single Gateway process."

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/features recorded 2026-09-29

  Feature list on the docs site: "macOS menu bar companion app", "iOS node with pairing, camera, screen recording, location, and voice", "Windows Hub, browser Control UI, macOS menu bar app, and mobile nodes.", "Official plugin channels: Discord, Feishu, Google Chat, iMessage, IRC, LINE, Matrix,", "Microsoft Teams cards and actions", "across the Control UI, iOS/macOS, Android, and the Linux companion", "Text-to-speech with multiple providers", "WebChat and browser Control UI" and "Skills, plugins, and workflow pipelines (Lobster)".

• https://openclaw.ai recorded 2026-09-29

  Homepage: "Talk to it on WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, or any of its 29 channels." and "Bring hosted, subscription-backed, gateway, or local models."