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OpenClaw

OpenClaw Foundation
open source / Overall score: 5.0(leading)

Local-first personal AI assistant that runs an agent gateway answering on the messaging channels people already use, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Teams and Matrix. Companion apps cover macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux, a browser Control UI handles chat and configuration, and skills and plugins extend the agent. The gateway is model-agnostic and routes to hosted, subscription-backed or local LLM backends.

Openness

5 high confidence
5.0
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.

Adoption

5 high confidence
5.0

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.

Capability

5 high confidence
5.0

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."

Verified 2026-09-15