OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an open-source autonomous AI assistant platform designed to run directly on your own hardware or infrastructure rather than in the cloud. It integrates with the chat apps people already use — including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, Teams, and iMessage — allowing you to interact with your AI assistant naturally via familiar messaging interfaces while keeping your data and keys under your control. Unlike traditional chatbots, OpenClaw proactively executes real tasks like clearing your inbox, sending emails, managing calendars, checking in for flights, browsing the web, and automating complex workflows. It combines persistent memory, customizable skills/extensions, and cross-platform integrations to transform simple instructions into multi-step operations, making it a powerful productivity and automation engine tailored to each user’s environment. Built with flexibility and transparency in mind, OpenClaw thrives as a self-hosted solution for developers, tech enthusiasts, and teams who want fine-grained control over their AI assistants. Its plugin ecosystem and extensible architecture enable advanced customization — from task orchestration and browser automation to system-level actions and integration with local tools — all while running where you choose: on laptops, VPS, homelab servers, or edge devices. As an open-agent platform with persistent context and real-world action capabilities, OpenClaw illustrates a shift toward personal, always-on AI that “does things” instead of just talking, empowering users to delegate and automate workflows in a data-private environment