OpenClaw
The AI that really does things
Overview
OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and communicates through chat apps you already use, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, and iMessage. It can clear your inbox, send emails, manage calendars, browse the web, fill forms, extract data, run shell commands, and automate tasks. Features persistent memory that remembers your preferences across sessions, a skills and plugins system with 50+ integrations (Spotify, Gmail, GitHub, Obsidian, and more), browser automation, multi-agent routing, voice wake and talk mode, and a visual Live Canvas workspace. Works with Claude, OpenAI, or local models. Self-improving — it can write and modify its own skills and prompts.
Pricing: Free and open source
Minimum macOS: 15.0 (Sequoia)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Runs locally on your own machine
- Reachable from 29+ chat channels including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage and Signal
- Persistent memory across conversations
- Browser control for web tasks
- Full file access and shell commands
- Community-built skills and plugins
- Works fully offline or with hosted models
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