install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install openclaw-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install openclaw

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · openclaw · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Your own personal AI assistant

Project links

Commands and aliases

openclaw

history

Project history and usage

OpenClaw is packaged around the `openclaw` command and documented as a self-hosted gateway for personal AI assistance. The official docs describe a single Gateway process that connects chat apps and channel plugins to AI coding agents, with sessions, memory, tool use, multi-agent routing, and local control as the central design points.

Project history

The public project materials emphasize architecture and setup more than origin chronology. The repository and docs present OpenClaw as an MIT-licensed, community-driven project with a Node-based CLI onboarding flow, a long-running Gateway daemon, a browser dashboard, and channel integrations for messaging surfaces such as Discord, iMessage, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Matrix, and others.

How it is used

Operators install the CLI with a JavaScript package manager such as npm, pnpm, or bun, then run `openclaw onboard` to configure the gateway, workspace, channels, and skills. The recommended daemon mode installs the Gateway as a user service through launchd or systemd so the assistant remains reachable from configured chat surfaces.

Why package nerds care

For package metadata, OpenClaw is notable less as a standalone model client and more as a local agent gateway: the package exposes a CLI, installs a daemon-style service, and bridges external chat channels to local or provider-backed coding agents. Its history is thinly documented in primary sources, so the useful enrichment is mostly about packaging shape and operating model.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for openclaw-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.jsonauth-profiles.json.envagents/*/agent/models.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`openclaw`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2026.6.11

manager updated2026-07-01

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://openclaw.ai/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://openclaw.ai/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:openclaw-cli
Version	2026.6.11
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openclaw-cli
Homepage	https://openclaw.ai/
Repository	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
Upstream docs	https://docs.openclaw.ai/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/openclaw/-/openclaw-2026.6.11.tgz
Last updated	2026-07-01T18:53:27Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	openclaw-cli
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix92%

openclaw

nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Openclaw

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf92%

openclaw 2026.5.7-3.fc45

Your own personal AI assistant

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

sudo dnf install openclaw

License: MIT AND (MIT AND Zlib) AND (MIT OR CC0-1.0) AND (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) AND Apache-2.0 AND MPL-2.0 AND PSF-2.0 AND 0BSD AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: openclaw
5 dependencies
3 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Openclaw

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openclaw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/openclaw-cli.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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