OpenClaw — Peter Steinberger (Independent)
The original open-source personal AI agent by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger. Runs locally on any OS, privacy-first with all data processed on-device. Supports WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, and email. 250K+ GitHub stars as of March 2026 — the fastest-growing open-source project of the year.
Channel Compatibility
💬 WeChat ClawBot ✗
🐧 QQ ✗
🏢 WeCom ✗
🪶 Feishu ✗
📎 DingTalk ✗
✈️ Telegram ✓
🎮 Discord ✓
OpenClaw
Protocol Compat full
Fork Type unrelated
SOUL.md ✓
MCP ✓
Skills Store ✓
Lag 0d
Models
Claude OpenAI-compatible Ollama DeepSeek
✓ Local model support
Meta
Category open-source
Deployment local
Released 2025-11
Updated 2026-03-23
Status ✓ Verified
Notes
Originally named Clawdbot (Nov 2025), renamed to OpenClaw on Jan 30, 2026. The Chinese "小龙虾" nickname and all "Claw-series" products trace back to this project.
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