OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that manages emails, calendars, flight check-ins, and home automation from chat apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. OpenClaw's Twitter Score is 483 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #365 (top 0.1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
OpenClaw was founded by Peter Steinberger, who subsequently joined OpenAI, after which OpenClaw continued as an open-source initiative under an OpenAI-supported foundation. The project is MIT-licensed, written primarily in TypeScript, and its official skills and plugins registry is ClawHub. The latest listed release on GitHub is openclaw 2026.6.11, published on Jun 30, 2026.
OpenClaw operates on a user-controlled model, allowing individuals to run the assistant on their own machines and extend its capabilities through third-party skills. In February 2026, per Tom's Hardware, at least 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub between Jan. 27 and Jan. 29, 2026, masquerading as crypto trading or wallet automation tools and attempting to deliver malware to users. OpenClaw has published 857 posts and has been mentioned by 1,202 accounts, with 2,821 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow OpenClaw include 2,425 founders, 542 angel investors, 1,011 influencers and 17 VCs. Among them are Marc Andreessen, Toly, Erik Voorhees, Solana, CZ BNB and Laura Shin.