Editor's take
Blocked by Anthropic on April 4, 2026 from accessing Claude Pro/Max subscriptions — per-loop cost shot to $1000-5000. The autonomous-loop economics of this class of agent shifted overnight.
Hand-written by the AgentStore research team from docs + code + live usage data
About
EXFOLIATE! EXFOLIATE!
From the project README
Key capabilities
Local-first Gateway — single control plane for sessions, channels, tools, and events.
Multi-agent routing — route inbound channels/accounts/peers to isolated agents (workspaces + per-agent sessions).
Voice Wake + Talk Mode — wake words on macOS/iOS and continuous voice on Android (ElevenLabs + system TTS fallback).
Live Canvas — agent-driven visual workspace with A2UI.
First-class tools — browser, canvas, nodes, cron, sessions, and Discord/Slack actions.
Companion apps — macOS menu bar app + iOS/Android nodes.
Onboarding + skills — onboarding-driven setup with bundled/managed/workspace skills.
Install
Pick your runtime, copy the snippet, paste it into your client config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"openclaw": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "openclaw"]
}
}
}Prerequisites
- ·Node.js 20+
- ·An MCP-compatible client
Project pulse
Live from GitHub — see if the project is actually maintained.
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Contributors
369
Open issues
7316
Created
Nov 2025
Topics
aiassistantcrustaceanmoltyopenclawown-your-datapersonal
How it compares
Position among 11 tools in the infra category
By calls
#6/ 11
top 45%
By stars
#1/ 11
top <1%
By AgentStore Score
#11/ 11
top 91%
Security profile
Open source
Yes
Audited
No
Key handling
Local
Paid
Free
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