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Run your own AI assistant on your laptop in 10 minutes
Install OpenClaw, let onboarding check your model and set up the Gateway, then chat with it in the Control UI.
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Install openclaw/openclaw on this machine with the official installer, run openclaw onboard --install-daemon using <model provider>, confirm openclaw gateway status is healthy, and tell me what the onboarding wrote to disk and where.
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Message your assistant from WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack
Connect channels to the Gateway so the same assistant answers you wherever you already chat, with pairing for unknown senders.
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openclaw/openclaw - Personal productivity
- Intermediate
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Help me connect my running openclaw/openclaw Gateway to <Telegram or WhatsApp>. Walk me through the channel setup from the docs, keep DM pairing on, and list every token or credential I am adding and where it is stored.
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Swap Claude, Codex or a local model behind the same assistant
Models and agent harnesses are plugins, so you can change what powers the assistant without touching your channels or memory.
- REPO
openclaw/openclaw - Personal productivity
- Intermediate
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On my openclaw/openclaw install, switch the assistant's model to <local model or provider>, keep my existing channels and memory, and confirm with a test message which model answered.
- REPO
Quick start with OpenClaw
- Check you have what it needs: macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed); An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model; Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect.
- Open openclaw/openclaw on GitHub and read the README and license.
- On macOS, Linux or WSL2 run
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash(Windows PowerShell:iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex) - If you already manage Node.js, use
npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclawinstead - Run
openclaw onboard --install-daemon; onboarding verifies model access, creates the workspace and configures the Gateway - Check it with
openclaw gateway status, then open the Control UI withopenclaw dashboard
These steps come from our top use case, Run your own AI assistant on your laptop in 10 minutes, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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About this repo
- Who it is forPeople who want one always-on assistant they can message from their phone, running on hardware they control, and teams that want a shared deployment of the same thing.
- Why it is hot393k stars, talked about in 2 AI sources we track
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Requirements
- macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed)
- An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model
- Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect
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What is OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own computer and answers you in the chat apps you already use, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal and iMessage, plus native apps for desktop and phone. One Gateway process holds sessions, tools and channel connections; models and agent harnesses (Claude, Codex, local models) are swappable plugins. State, memory and credentials stay on your hardware, and there is no paid tier or hosted service. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.
How do I use OpenClaw?
On macOS, Linux or WSL2 run curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash (Windows PowerShell: iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex); then if you already manage Node.js, use npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclaw instead; run openclaw onboard --install-daemon; onboarding verifies model access, creates the workspace and configures the Gateway. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.
Who is OpenClaw for?
People who want one always-on assistant they can message from their phone, running on hardware they control, and teams that want a shared deployment of the same thing.
What can I do with OpenClaw?
3 use cases so far, for example: Run your own AI assistant on your laptop in 10 minutes; Message your assistant from WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack; Swap Claude, Codex or a local model behind the same assistant. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run OpenClaw?
macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed); An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model; Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect.
What are alternatives to OpenClaw?
Other hot AI repos in Personal productivity: Cleanyourtv, TV Detox, DigUp, Hermes Agent, Open WebUI.
Is OpenClaw safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.