# Install openclaw-cli with Homebrew, dnf, Nix Your own personal AI assistant. Version 2026.6.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:openclaw-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install openclaw-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install openclaw ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openclaw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:openclaw-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2026.6.11 - **Source summary:** Your own personal AI assistant - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T18:53:27Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - openclaw (cli) - openclaw (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 2026.6.11 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://openclaw.ai/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, auth-profiles.json, .env, agents/*/agent/models.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** openclaw-cli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - openclaw: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - openclaw - 2026.5.7-3.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openclaw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Your own personal AI assistant | https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ironclaw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ironclaw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-assistant, automation, cli, productivity. - [tgpt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tgpt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-assistant, cli, productivity. - [deck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/deck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, productivity. - [dockutil](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dockutil/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, productivity. - [esniper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/esniper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, productivity. - [filebrowser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filebrowser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, self-hosted. - [flexget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flexget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, productivity. - [gmailctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gmailctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, productivity. - [karakeep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/karakeep/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, hosted, node, productivity, self. - [teslamate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/teslamate/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, hosted, productivity, self. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/openclaw-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/openclaw-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph