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OpenClaw — The AI that actually does things

OpenClaw clears your inbox, sends emails, manages your calendar, and checks you in for flights—all from WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app. It runs on your machine, open source and self-hosted. New to OpenClaw? Our openclaw tutorial gets you from zero to chatting in under five minutes.

🚀 Supports WhatsApp · Telegram · Discord
Talk to it on
WhatsApp
— DMs and group chats both work.

What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant that does real tasks: email, calendar, travel, code, and research. You talk to OpenClaw from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or other apps. No vendor lock-in; your data stays on your machine. The openclaw tutorial walks you through installation, model choice, and channel pairing so you can go from install to first message quickly. Whether you want a personal assistant or a team bot, OpenClaw scales with you.

Works With Everything

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Why choose OpenClaw?

OpenClaw brings inbox, calendar, flight check-in, code, and research into one personal AI. Use our openclaw tutorial to learn the basics, then explore skills and integrations.

OpenClaw runs on your machine

Mac, Windows, or Linux. Anthropic, OpenAI, or local models. OpenClaw is private by default—your data stays yours.

Any chat app

OpenClaw works in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage. DMs and group chats. One AI, everywhere.

Persistent memory

OpenClaw remembers you and becomes uniquely yours. Your preferences, your context, your AI.

Browser control

OpenClaw browses the web, fills forms, extracts data from any site. Look up info, get things done.

Full system access

Read and write files, run shell commands, execute scripts. Full access or sandboxed—your choice. OpenClaw stays safe in group chats too.

Skills & plugins

Extend OpenClaw with community skills or build your own. Our openclaw tutorial covers basics; docs and hacking are solid.

One-command start

`openclaw onboard` — wizard for model, gateway, channels. Zero code, chatting in minutes. The openclaw tutorial guides you.

Web control UI

Manage OpenClaw sessions and debug in the browser. No terminal guesswork.

Fully open source

OpenClaw is MIT. Self-host. Your data, your rules. Fork and tweak as you like.

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