OpenClaw, Personal AI Assistant by openclaw
Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way.
About OpenClaw, Personal AI Assistant
From the project's README at github.com/openclaw/openclaw. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. It answers you on the channels you already use. It can speak and listen on macOS/iOS/Android, and can render a live Canvas you control. The Gateway is just the control plane, the product is the assistant.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 368k | github.com/openclaw/openclaw |
| GitHub forks | 76k | github.com/openclaw/openclaw |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 5345k | openclaw |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 0.4 years | since Nov 2025 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 134 | last: 2 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
GHSA-cwj3-vqpp-pmxr. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host OpenClaw, Personal AI Assistant?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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