OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a local-first AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine.
It connects to your chosen AI model and reaches the outside world through
chat interfaces (Discord, Telegram, Slack, web UI, and more), performing
agentic tasks such as web browsing, file operations, code execution, and
scheduled jobs.

Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, OpenClaw keeps your data and conversations
local: nothing is sent to a third-party service beyond the API calls you
explicitly configure. You choose the model, you control the keys, and your
workspace files never leave your machine without your knowledge.

LOCAL AI

On first interactive start OpenClaw detects a running lemonade-server
(http://127.0.0.1:13305), offers to configure it as the model provider,
and lets you choose an OpenClaw recipe from the Lemonade recipe catalog.
You can rerun that setup any time with 'openclaw.lemonade'.

Or run 'openclaw.inference-snap' to pick a Canonical inference snap
(gemma4, gemma3, deepseek-r1, and others) as the provider instead.

SETUP

Requires a valid API key for your chosen LLM provider, OR lemonade-server
running locally for fully offline inference. Run the onboarding wizard on
first launch:

openclaw onboard

The background gateway service starts automatically the first time you run
any openclaw command and is managed as a standard systemd user unit:

systemctl --user status openclaw-gateway
systemctl --user stop openclaw-gateway

SECURITY NOTE

This tool is capable of executing code, accessing files, and interacting
with external services on your behalf. Due to the nature of autonomous
AI agents, we recommend installing and running this snap inside an LXD
container as best practice. A container provides an extra layer of
confinement, limiting the agent's reach to the container environment
and reducing exposure to your host system and personal data.

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 my-agent
lxc exec my-agent -- snap install --classic openclaw