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openclawinstaller

Shell installer and config menu for the OpenClaw personal AI assistant

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Stars: 3.4k
License: no license
Last commit: Mar 2026
Language: Shell

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Overview

A Shell script that installs OpenClaw through npm on macOS and Linux, then walks through model provider, identity and messaging channel setup. It starts the OpenClaw gateway and provides a menu (config-menu.sh) for providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Groq, Mistral and Ollama, and channels such as Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack and Feishu. The assistant itself lives in the separate OpenClaw repository.

Who it is for: Self-hosters setting up OpenClaw with chat channels from the command line

Strengths

One curl-pipe command installs dependencies and OpenClaw, then starts the gateway
Menu covers 7 provider families, with custom base URLs for OneAPI/NewAPI proxies
Step-by-step setup guides for Telegram, Discord, Feishu and WhatsApp
Feishu uses WebSocket long connection, so no public webhook endpoint is needed

Weaknesses

Only an installer; the assistant itself is the separate openclaw/openclaw project
README is written mainly in Chinese
Needs Node.js 22+ and supports only macOS and Linux
README warns the assistant needs full computer access; avoid your main machine

What it needs

RAM ≥ 2 GB
no GPU
Docker + Compose
Needs Node.js 22+, npm, openclaw
Models: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Groq

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How to choose

Check which channels it supports today (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, email) and whether each needs a paid API.
Look at how memory is stored and whether you can inspect or wipe it.
Actions need credentials; prefer assistants that scope them per tool.

Health

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License in plain words

no license No license

Use it at work: No
Change it and rebrand it: No
Sell it or host it for others: No

Your part: Without a license you have no right to use, copy or change it. Ask the authors.

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Set it up

Needs before it works: Node.js 22+, npm, openclaw.

Bring in an engineer who knows openclawinstaller. By the hour for upkeep and fixes, or a fixed price for a build. Our own engineering service; it never changes a rank.

Where to run it

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The rankings as an MCP server for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and any MCP client. Free, no key, read-only.

Setup for other apps

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