Install openclawOS.

npm install -g openclawos@latest
openclawos onboard --install-daemon

curl -fsSL https://openclawos.neullabs.com/install.sh | sh

docker run -d --name openclawos \
  -p 7777:7777 \
  -v openclawos-data:/data \
  ghcr.io/neullabs/openclawos:latest

brew tap neullabs/openclawos
brew install openclawos

What gets installed

• openclaw CLI on your PATH
• A background daemon (launchd / systemd) — the Gateway
• The Control UI on http://localhost:7777
• An empty SQLite database at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.db

First pairing

After install, the CLI prompts you to pair a channel. The easiest first pairing is Telegram: create a bot with @BotFather, copy the token, paste it into the Control UI. Done. You can now message your bot and Pi will reply.

Picking your LLM provider

openclawOS works with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or anything OpenAI-compatible (Ollama, vLLM, Together, Groq, etc.). Drop your API key into the Control UI's Providers tab. We recommend Claude Opus 4.6+ for the best tool-use behaviour out of the box.

Updating

npm: npm install -g openclawos@latest · Docker: pull the new image · brew: brew upgrade openclawos. State, sessions, and credentials all persist between versions.

Uninstalling

openclaw uninstall removes the daemon, the binary, and (with --purge) your ~/.openclaw directory. We're sorry to see you go. The lobster cries.