OpenClaw
openclaw/openclaw
The viral open-source personal AI assistant that really does things.
OpenClaw (born as Clawdbot in late 2025) is a self-hosted personal agent that connects your chats, email, browser and terminal into one always-on assistant. Its explosive growth — hundreds of thousands of stars within months — made 'personal agent harness' a mainstream category.
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