OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawd Bot, stands out as one of the most exciting open-source personal AI assistants available in 2026. This powerful tool brings advanced AI capabilities directly into your daily messaging apps, letting you chat with a smart assistant that actually gets things done. Whether you want to manage emails, write code, or stay organized across platforms, OpenClaw delivers a seamless experience while keeping your data under your control.
What Is OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI personal assistant that runs on your own devices or a cloud server. Created by developer Peter Steinberger, it first gained massive attention under the name Clawd Bot before rebranding to OpenClaw on January 27, 2026. The name change came after Anthropic raised trademark concerns related to similarities with their Claude AI model. The shift to OpenClaw symbolizes growth and adaptation, much like a lobster molting its shell to grow bigger and stronger.
The project exploded in popularity thanks to its innovative approach. It integrates deeply with the messaging apps you already use every day, turning them into a gateway for interacting with advanced AI. With over 30,000 GitHub stars, a thriving Discord community of thousands, and contributions from hundreds of developers, OpenClaw has quickly become a favorite among tech enthusiasts and productivity seekers.
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OpenClaw v2026.10.4 for macOSOpenClaw-2026.10.4.zip | 440.75 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4.dmg | 330.31 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4-x86_64.zip | 313.31 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4-x86_64.dmg | 238.34 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4-arm64.zip | 301.89 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4-arm64.dmg | 223.32 MB |
OpenClaw v2026.10.4 for LinuxOpenClaw-2026.10.4-amd64.deb | 47.34 MB OpenClaw-2026.10.4-amd64.AppImage | 166.61 MB |
OpenClaw v2026.10.4 Source Code
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OpenClaw v2026.10.4 Release Notes: 2026.10.4
Highlights
- The Gateway keeps running after the computer sleeps or the system clock jumps, instead of restarting itself because its ownership heartbeat looked stale. (#170790) Thanks @AnvinaLI, @sgh6688, @waynegault, and @RomneyDa.
- Gateway shutdown and restart no longer hang on a stalled transcript worker or in-flight session lifecycle events. (#170493, #170555) Thanks @Oldrich333.
- Tlon group DMs no longer treat other participants as the owner, closing an owner-impersonation path. (#165801) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
- Headless browser pages keep responding to clicks while a site waits for a passkey. (#170857) Thanks @trukhinyuri.
- Manual
/compact settles the active run before compacting instead of aborting it and dropping the pending request. (#166163) Thanks @holny and @alexph-dev.
Changes
- Stability patch for 2026.10.3 with no new features or configuration changes. Thanks @RomneyDa.
Fixes
- Gateway: stays responsive during long reply-tagged streams, and long replies that quote tool-call XML no longer re-parse Markdown on every token. (#166782, #171573) Thanks @boeingchoco.
- Gateway: blocked durable context-engine turns are logged once instead of on every run. (#167595) Thanks @jalehman.
- Control UI: delayed application heartbeats no longer force a reconnect. (#171253)
- Gateway: recover state ownership after sleep and wall-clock changes, and allow
openclaw gateway restart from verified external macOS terminals. (#170790, #170354) Thanks @AnvinaLI, @sgh6688, @waynegault, and @RomneyDa.
- Gateway: bound transcript-worker shutdown waits and wait for session lifecycle publication during shutdown. (#170493, #170555) Thanks @Oldrich333.
- Gateway: start enabled standalone plugin files with the Gateway, and keep worker heap limits enforced when the managed service sets a process-wide heap flag. (#171330, #166581) Thanks @holgergruenhagen, @valkyriweb, @xydigitLybnnnn, @goslingmanagment, @waynegault, and @obviyus.
- Agents: launched plugin turns no longer fail with writer-claim errors, and Claude CLI sessions no longer fork history across message routes. (#170077, #167241) Thanks @cmatrx0.
- Agents: manual compaction settles the active run instead of aborting it. (#166163) Thanks @holny and @alexph-dev.
- OpenAI: tool turns for reasoning models on api.openai.com Completions routes no longer fail with a 400. (#166182) Thanks @obviyus and @AsTutoAI.
- Updates: agent databases are no longer flagged as changed during snapshot capture, the success summary stops repeating settled plugin data/settings upgrades as pending, and metadata inventory keeps running under progress-output backpressure. (#170351, #170413, #168493) Thanks @DonnieFi, @RomneyDa, and @vincentkoc.
- Updates: slow host admission no longer holds the database writer and disrupts Gateway work, progress keeps reporting through temporary Doctor maintenance, snapshot failures get an accurate headline and recovery advice, and Linux updates can clean up abandoned runtime directories under protected systemd user managers. (#171493, #171454, #171457, #171488, #170783, #166335) Thanks @RomneyDa, @DonnieFi, and @vincentkoc.
- Updates: candidate validation no longer amplifies private SQLite snapshots on live installs, older drivers stop reading candidate-migrated state and stale restart verdicts clear, and optional cron inspection or snapshot cleanup failures no longer stall updates. (#167451, #170130, #170754) Thanks @angeliti999 and @RomneyDa.
- Updates:
openclaw update repair turns no longer time out before running tools on slower hosts; nested authority checks reuse the current state snapshot instead of copying the database again. (#166847)
- Doctor: updates no longer refuse unreferenced retired OAuth sidecars, and offline state repair works for app-owned Gateways. (#165420, #170768) Thanks @obviyus and @RomneyDa.
- Tailscale: an interrupted start stops its serve process, local access stays available when the tailnet denies Serve, and Doctor checks configured Tailscale startup prerequisites. (#167514, #171509, #166947) Thanks @pandysp and @RomneyDa.
- macOS: app recovery keeps compatible newer Gateways instead of downgrading them, and repair accepts a verified LaunchAgent bootstrap that is already in progress. (#170766, #170740) Thanks @RomneyDa.
- Sessions: equivalent POSIX path aliases such as
/tmp and /private/tmp no longer restart channels. (#166462) Thanks @ericcaiwx-star.
- MCP: OAuth login completes when the authorization server registers loopback redirect URIs without a port. (#170876) Thanks @9fw2pq8sgb-art.
- Browser: headless pages accept clicks while a site waits for a passkey. (#170857) Thanks @trukhinyuri.
- Control UI: updated chats recover through the serving document. (#168941)
- Tlon: never treat group DM authors as the owner. (#165801) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
- Telegram: polling workers resolve in both source and package builds. (#154286) Thanks @xydt-juyaohui and @markfietje.
- Discord: agent consults keep working after voice changes. (#171029) Thanks @ericcaiwx-star and @brainmonger.
- Feishu: config hot-reload no longer orphans conversation bindings. (#169226) Thanks @ruel225, @junniar, and @obviyus.
- IRC: long non-ASCII replies are no longer lost when the server relays them. (#159730) Thanks @rodricksz4h5.
- Release: plugin npm publish tolerates repeated artifact pagination entries, Linux builds trigger after automatic requests with hosted-runner credentials, and ratchet checks read large Git baselines. (#171044, #167087, #167237, #164743) Thanks @RomneyDa and @shakkernerd.
Complete contribution record
This audited record covers the complete v2026.10.3..d58dd3ceef67f10eab31d93387d2c90866b3ec93 history: 61 in-range PRs + 0 retained seed-only PRs = 61 unique PRs. The generation manifest also supplies direct commits as editorial input; the grouped notes above prioritize user impact.
Pull requests
- PR #166581 Related #157575, #157630. Thanks @valkyriweb and @xydigitLybnnnn and @goslingmanagment and @waynegault.
- PR #164743 Related #164741. Thanks @shakkernerd.
- PR #166163 Related #166038. Thanks @holny and @alexph-dev.
- PR #166182 Related #166125. Thanks @obviyus and @AsTutoAI.
- PR #167087 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #167241 Related #167077. Thanks @cmatrx0.
- PR #168493 Thanks @vincentkoc.
- PR #169226 Related #169190. Thanks @ruel225 and @obviyus and @junniar.
- PR #170351 Thanks @DonnieFi and @RomneyDa.
- PR #171029 Related #171013. Thanks @ericcaiwx-star and @brainmonger.
- PR #171044 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #171330 Thanks @holgergruenhagen and @obviyus.
- PR #166462 Related #166456. Thanks @ericcaiwx-star.
- PR #170857 Thanks @trukhinyuri.
- PR #170413 Related #170334. Thanks @RomneyDa and @DonnieFi.
- PR #170702 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #170790 Related #169829, #170525, #170597. Thanks @AnvinaLI and @sgh6688 and @waynegault.
- PR #170354 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #165801 Thanks @eleqtrizit.
- PR #170876 Related #170848. Thanks @9fw2pq8sgb-art.
- PR #159730 Thanks @rodricksz4h5.
- PR #154286 Related #154180. Thanks @xydt-juyaohui and @markfietje.
- PR #170493 Related #169777. Thanks @Oldrich333.
- PR #171493 Related #169260. Thanks @RomneyDa and @DonnieFi.
- PR #171457 Related #171408. Thanks @RomneyDa and @DonnieFi.
- PR #171454 Related #171409. Thanks @RomneyDa and @DonnieFi.
- PR #166335 Thanks @vincentkoc.
- PR #171488 Related #171410. Thanks @RomneyDa and @DonnieFi.
- PR #170766 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #170740 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #167514 Related #167436. Thanks @pandysp.
- PR #171509 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #166947 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #170130 Related #169422. Thanks @angeliti999.
- PR #170754 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #165420 Thanks @obviyus.
- PR #170768 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #160056 Related #159926, #159927. Thanks @oscarsixsecllc.
- PR #171715 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #171747 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #163177 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #171928 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #166782 Related #166781. Thanks @boeingchoco.
- PR #171573 Related #171363. Thanks @boeingchoco.
- PR #167595 Thanks @jalehman.
- PR #172666 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #166218 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #172038 Thanks @vincentkoc.
- PR #172596 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #171952 Thanks @RomneyDa.
- PR #172786 Thanks @RomneyDa.
Release verification
- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openclaw/v/2026.10.4
- registry tarball: https://registry.npmjs.org/openclaw/-/openclaw-2026.10.4.tgz
- integrity:
sha512-+FH0StZF1tlTazM7JJGY6JePeJmhFNSRByi2Q3jXPRiLO7o4dJh2xa9Vy4Dk8Cd2ic8B7Zkf5NfEaCCWUkgqnQ==
- release SHA:
383c124cc32ffee3f8e56f549b88da94d269a4af
- full release CI report: https://github.com/openclaw/releases/blob/main/evidence/2026.10.4/release-evidence.md
- release publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/38827593754
- npm preflight: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/38775953219
- full release validation: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/38774938703
- plugin npm publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/38828956361
- plugin ClawHub publish: no normal OIDC candidates
- plugin ClawHub bootstrap: not needed
- OpenClaw npm publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/38824408033/attempts/1
- npm Telegram beta E2E: not supplied
- Android APK: skipped — apps/android/version.json is 2026.8.2, release train is 2026.10.4; run pnpm android:version:pin -- --from-gateway before the next tag.
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Key Features of OpenClaw
OpenClaw goes far beyond simple chat responses. It acts as an active agent that can handle real tasks, remember context across sessions, and even reach out to you proactively.
Here are some of its standout features:
Multi-channel support: Connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Google Chat, and more. You get one unified conversation that persists no matter which app you use.
Proactive assistance: Unlike passive chatbots, OpenClaw can send you messages first with reminders, alerts, morning briefings, or updates when something important happens.
Persistent memory: It remembers everything from past interactions, so you never have to repeat context when picking up unfinished work.
Powerful integrations: Links to tools for email management (like Gmail triage, drafting replies, or unsubscribing), code editing in IDEs, calendar handling, and custom skills you can build or download.
Voice and text input: Send voice notes on supported apps for transcription and processing, with more audio features in development.
Self-hosted privacy: Run it locally on your Mac, Linux machine, or a cloud droplet. Your data stays with you instead of feeding into big cloud AI services.
Easy onboarding: The CLI wizard (openclaw onboard) guides you through setup, including daemon installation for always-on access.
Developers love using it for coding tasks, where it can fix tests, generate full-stack features, or compile research notes. Everyday users appreciate inbox zero automation, smart replies, and consolidated messaging from multiple platforms.
How to Get Started with OpenClaw
One-liner
#for macOS/linux
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
#for Windows
powershell -c "irm https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex"
npm
npm i -g openclaw
openclaw onboard
pnpm
pnpm add -g openclaw
openclaw onboard
Many run it on a home machine for privacy or on a cheap cloud server for 24/7 access. Once live, add OpenClaw as a contact in WhatsApp or invite the bot to your Discord server, then start chatting.
OpenClaw represents the next step in personal AI. It combines large language model smarts with real-world action, persistent context, and deep system access in a way few tools do. You get an assistant that lives in your existing apps, handles routine tasks autonomously, and evolves with community contributions.
If you value privacy, customization, and true productivity boosts, OpenClaw deserves a spot in your workflow. Head to the official site at https://openclaw.ai/, check the docs at https://docs.openclaw.ai/, or join the active Discord to see what others are building. The future of personal AI assistants looks a lot like OpenClaw, and it's already here for anyone ready to self-host it.
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