# OpenClaw

> Open-source personal agent that runs on your machine and handles email, calendar and errands via WhatsApp or Telegram

Source: https://dontaskagain.com/openclaw
Website: https://openclaw.ai/?utm_source=dontaskagain
Pricing: Free
Categories: [Personal assistants](https://dontaskagain.com/categories/personal-assistants.md), [Open source](https://dontaskagain.com/categories/open-source.md), [General agents](https://dontaskagain.com/categories/general-agents.md)
Listed: 2026-10-26
Updated: 2026-10-26

OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs on the user's own machine and takes real actions. It organizes inboxes, sends emails, manages calendars and checks in for flights, with instructions sent from WhatsApp, Telegram or any supported chat app.

**Key features:**

- Inbox, email and calendar management.
- Everyday errands such as flight check-ins.
- Control from WhatsApp, Telegram and other chat apps.
- Memories, skills, models and data kept on the user's hardware.
- Skills and plugins for extending what it can do.
- A choice of models, including signing in with a ChatGPT account.

Desktop apps for macOS 15+, Windows 10/11 and Linux install the gateway, chat and setup, and a one-liner, npm and hackable source installs are also available. It can run for one person or be shared with a team. OpenClaw is free, with no subscription or hosted tier, and is stewarded by an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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