Awesome Openclaw

Awesome OpenClaw [](https://awesome.re)

> A curated list of OpenClaw resources, tools, skills, tutorials, articles, and community projects — the open-source self-hosted AI agent taking the world by storm.

OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot, originally Clawdbot) is a free and open-source autonomous AI agent created by Peter Steinberger. It runs locally on your machine, connects to 50+ integrations, and lets you chat with AI through WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, iMessage, and more — no subscription required.

See also: awesome-hermes-agent — curated resources for Hermes Agent (Nous Research), the most common upgrade path from OpenClaw with a native hermes claw migrate command.

[](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)

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What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is a self-hosted, open-source AI agent that acts as your personal AI assistant — accessible via WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and 12+ other messaging platforms. Unlike cloud-based AI services, OpenClaw runs entirely on your own hardware, keeping your data private.

Key features:

• Free & open-source — no subscription, no lock-in (MIT licensed)
• Self-hosted — runs locally on macOS, Linux, and Windows
• 12+ messaging platforms — WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, Teams, and more
• 50+ integrations — GitHub, Gmail, Spotify, Obsidian, smart home (Hue, HomeKit), and more
• 700+ community skills on ClawHub
• Local LLM support via Ollama and LM Studio (run DeepSeek, Llama, Mistral, etc.)
• Persistent memory across sessions — remembers context and preferences
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for extended agentic capabilities
• Multi-provider — Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, or any local model

> Quick install: npm install -g openclaw@latest && openclaw onboard

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Contents

• [See Also](#see-also)
• [Official Resources](#official-resources)
• [Getting Started](#getting-started)
• [Installation Guides](#installation-guides)
• [Skills & Plugins](#skills--plugins)
• [Integrations](#integrations)
• [MCP Support](#mcp-support)
• [Tutorials & Guides](#tutorials--guides)
• [Articles & News](#articles--news)
• [Community](#community)
• [Community Projects](#community-projects)
• [Alternatives & Comparisons](#alternatives--comparisons)
• [Security](#security)
• [FAQ](#faq)
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Official Resources

• OpenClaw Website - Official homepage
• OpenClaw GitHub - Main repository (150k+ stars)
• claw-army/claude-node - Python subprocess bridge for Claude Code CLI, giving Python code direct access to Claude Code native capabilities via stream-json.
• OpenClaw Documentation - Official docs
• ClawHub - Official skill registry with 700+ community skills
• AgentFund - Crowdfunding platform for AI agents (milestone-based escrow on Base)
• OpenClaw Showcase - What people are building
• OpenClaw Releases - Latest releases
• AGENTS.md - Agent configuration guide
• CHANGELOG.md - Release notes

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Getting Started

Quick Install

# Install via npm (Node.js 22+ required)
npm install -g openclaw@latest

# Or via pnpm
pnpm add -g openclaw@latest

# Run the onboarding wizard
openclaw onboard --install-daemon

First Steps

1. Run openclaw onboard to launch the setup wizard
2. Choose your AI provider (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, or local via Ollama)
3. Connect a messaging platform (Telegram recommended for beginners; WhatsApp, Discord, Signal also supported)
4. Start chatting with your personal AI assistant at http://localhost:18789/

Web Dashboard

Access the built-in web dashboard at http://localhost:18789/ to chat, manage integrations, and configure your agent without any CLI.

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Installation Guides

| Guide | Platform | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | Official Getting Started | All | Official setup guide | | Codecademy Tutorial | All | Installation to first chat | | Hostinger Guide | VPS | Private server setup | | DigitalOcean One-Click | Cloud | One-click cloud deployment | | LMStudio Setup | Local | Run with local LLM models | | Docker Setup | Docker | Container deployment | | Afternoon Setup Guide | All | Quick setup walkthrough | | Remote OpenClaw | Managed Cloud | Managed OpenClaw hosting on dedicated infrastructure — 12-step security hardening, Tailscale, workflow configuration, dedicated Slack support, 60+ deployment guides | | OctoClaw | Managed Cloud | Fully managed EU hosting — zero setup, pre-provisioned phone number, AI starter budget included, GDPR-compliant | | SlackClaw | Managed Cloud | Managed OpenClaw hosting for Slack — credit-based pricing, per-channel permissions, audit logging, auto-updates. No per-seat fees. | | RapidClaw | Managed Cloud | Managed OpenClaw hosting for non-technical operators — zero terminal/Docker/SSH setup, deploys in minutes, opinionated defaults. | | PrimeClaws | Managed Cloud | Managed OpenClaw Hermes VPS hosting — one-click deploy in 60s, free GPT-5.4/Mistral Large 3/Kimi K2.5/Deepseek V3.2 included, auto-restart, SSH access, full privacy. |

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Skills & Plugins

Skill Registries

• ClawHub - Official skill store (700+ skills)
• AgentFund - Crowdfunding platform for AI agents (milestone-based escrow on Base)
• ClawdTalk - Phone calling and SMS for OpenClaw. Call your AI agent from any phone with deep tool integration for calendar, Jira, web search, and more. Powered by Telnyx.
• clawr.ing - Your bot gets a real phone and calls you. Wake-up calls, reminders, alerts with two-way voice conversations
• awesome-openclaw-skills - Community curated collection
• openclaw/skills - Official skills repository
• openclaw/clawhub - Skill directory source
• Skills.sh - Skill discovery platform
• CreatorSkills - Marketplace of 30+ downloadable AI skills for content creators covering YouTube scripting, sponsorship analysis, content repurposing, and audience growth
• night-market - 166 curated skills for code review, testing, docs, and architecture.

Notable Skills

• ATXP - Give your OpenClaw agent a funded identity: USDC wallet on Base, @atxp.email inbox, phone number, and 100+ paid tools (web search, image/video generation, LLM gateway, SMS, voice). Self-registers in one command — no KYC, no human login. openclaw skills install https://github.com/atxp-dev/atxp
• LobsterDomains - Register ICANN domains (.com/.xyz/.org/1000+ TLDs) with crypto (USDC/ETH/BTC) via API — built for AI agents to acquire domains autonomously
• LinkedIn - General-purpose LinkedIn automation via Linked API — fetch profiles, search people and companies, send messages, manage connections, create posts, and more. Supports Sales Navigator and custom workflows. ClawHub
• product-manager-skills - Senior PM agent with 6 knowledge domains, 30+ frameworks, and 32 SaaS metrics — diagnose metrics, critique PRDs, plan roadmaps, run discovery, and coach PM career transitions.
• VeriClaw - Apple-native correction companion for OpenClaw focused on AI agent correction, LLM supervision, hallucination remediation, role-drift diagnosis, and verification workflows. ClawHub Skill · ClawHub Plugin · clawhub install vericlaw
• Web Search Pro - Agent-first web search and retrieval stack with a real no-key baseline, explainable routing, visible federated-search gains, and built-in extract, crawl, map, and research flows. ClawHub
• AgentWell - Hosted cognitive wellness API for OpenClaw agents — 18 tools including intentverify (blocks goal drift before irreversible actions), polaritysync (surfaces what two opposing agents cannot see alone), costguard (runaway loop detection), rollback (snapshot/restore), and ocean (foundational nature check). Free tier + PAYG. API
• Tubeify - AI video editor for YouTube — removes pauses, filler words and dead air from raw recordings via API, pay per video
• TweetClaw - OpenClaw plugin for X/Twitter automation - search tweets and tweet replies, post tweets, export followers, handle media workflows, monitor accounts, send webhooks, and run giveaway draws through Xquik. openclaw plugins install @xquik/tweetclaw
• x-twitter-scraper - Xquik skill and API surface for X data workflows: tweet search, user lookup, follower/following exports, engagement metrics, account monitoring, extraction jobs, REST API, MCP server, SDKs, and webhooks.

• Useful AI - Shared utility tool library for AI agents. Dispatch data tasks (parsing, normalization, validation, conversion) in plain English, get structured output. 200+ tools, auto-generated, no auth required. Skill file at usefulai.fun/skill.md.
• Northstar - Daily business briefing skill for founders. Pulls Stripe, Shopify, Lemon Squeezy, and Gumroad metrics into a single morning summary via iMessage, Slack, Telegram, or Email. Free tier available. ClawHub
• Resemble Detect - Deepfake detection and media safety for OpenClaw — detect AI-generated audio, images, video, and text; identify which AI platform synthesized fake audio (source tracing); apply invisible watermarks for provenance; verify speaker identity. Powered by Resemble AI. Install via openclaw skills install resemble-ai/detect-skill.
• Voidly Agent Relay - End-to-end encrypted agent-to-agent messaging skill via the Voidly Agent Relay. Register a did:voidly:... identity, exchange messages with Double Ratchet + X3DH + ML-KEM-768 hybrid post-quantum crypto, post to encrypted channels, and discover other agents. Compatible with Google A2A v0.3. ClawHub · openclaw skills install emperormew/voidly-agent-relay.
• brewpage-publish - Publish HTML, Markdown, files, or a multi-file site to brewpage.app and get a public URL — no signup, returns owner token. ClawHub · openclaw skills install kochetkov-ma/brewpage-publish
• dev-gtm-claude-skills by Infrasity-Labs - Open-source, cross-platform agent skills for Claude Code and agentskills.io-compatible platforms. These skills are for SEO, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), AI discoverability, and developer marketing.
• Sequenzy Email Marketing - Operate Sequenzy lifecycle email marketing and transactional email workflows: subscribers, segments, campaigns, sequences, templates, and stats. ClawHub · openclaw skills install sequenzy-email-marketing
• osint-mcp - Self-hosted OSINT toolkit with 29 tools across entity (email, username, domain, IP, phone), event/news, social/community, and image-geolocation (EXIF + GeoCLIP) intelligence — plus link-graph visualization. Keyless-first, MCP-native. ClawHub · openclaw skills install osint-mcp
• novel-rpg-hogwarts - Child-safe, story-driven Hogwarts RPG skill (German, ~age 12) — play your own character across seven school years. Ships a reusable child-safety layer: fail-closed output moderation (LLM/OpenAI/offline backends), age/tone hardening that player input can't override, a divergence cap, and persistent world-memory. Telegram frontend included. MIT, 45 tests, non-commercial fan project. ClawHub · clawhub install hogwarts-rpg

Detection & Media Forensics

Skills for verifying whether incoming media is real or AI-generated — essential for agents that ingest user-submitted audio, images, video, or text.

• Resemble Detect - Full deepfake detection suite for audio, image, video, and text. Includes source tracing (which AI platform made this?), invisible watermarking, speaker identity verification, and structured media intelligence (speaker, emotion, transcription, misinformation signals). Powered by Resemble AI.

Popular Skill Categories

| Category | Description | |----------|-------------| | Productivity | Calendar, email, task management | | Development | GitHub, code review, deployments | | Smart Home | Hue, HomeKit, IoT control | | Communication | Email drafting, message scheduling | | Research | Web browsing, PDF summarization | | Entertainment | Spotify, media control | | Detection | Deepfake detection, media forensics, AI-content verification, watermarking, provenance |

Installing Skills

# Install from ClawHub
openclaw skills install 

# Install from npm
openclaw plugins install 

Plugin Development

• Plugin Documentation - Official plugin guide
• Each plugin needs a openclaw.plugin.json file
• Supports both .js and .ts entry files

Community Plugins

• clawsocial-plugin - Social discovery network — helps users find and connect with people who share their interests through their AI agent. Semantic matching, real-time messaging, profile cards, web inbox. Ready to use out of the box.
• OneQuery - CLI skill for safe, auditable queries for agents against approved data sources.

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Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: SamurAIGPT
• Source: SamurAIGPT/awesome-openclaw
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://openclaw.ai

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.