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OpenClaw

Local-first personal AI assistant you run on your own devices, on any platform.

BYO KEYOpen sourceSelf-hostmacOSWindowsLinuxiOSAndroidCLI

A self-hosted, local-first personal AI assistant with a gateway as the control plane, reachable across messaging channels like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Discord. It runs on macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, and Android, with an onboarding wizard for setup. Free and open source under MIT; you supply your own model API key.

Model support

BYO key / model

Works with OpenAI and many other providers; bring your own key.

Where it runs

  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • iOS
  • Android
  • CLI

Tags

  • #personal-assistant
  • #local-first
  • #self-hosted
  • #open-source
  • #messaging
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