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OpenClaw
by OpenClaw
OpenClaw is an AI personal assistant for automating tasks across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, handling research, data entry, scheduling, and multi-step workflows on your behalf. Knowledge workers and busy professionals use it to delegate browser-based tasks they would otherwise do manually, from filling forms and pulling information from websites to coordinating actions across multiple applications. It operates as a background agent rather than requiring you to stay engaged with each step of a workflow.
OpenClaw features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.
Added 2025-01-01Catalog rank 5
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✨ Modalities
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Yes, requires free plan. You message the agent in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or the desktop chat. It replies in that same thread.Text Input
🖼️
Yes, requires free plan. Users send photos (e.g. a snake in the yard) and the agent identifies them. Vision depends on the model you attach.Image Upload / Vision
🎨
No. OpenClaw is a personal-agent harness. It does not ship an image model.Image Generation
🎙️
Partial. Community posts wire OpenAI realtime voice to OpenClaw. That is BYOK, not a first-party always-on voice SKU on the homepage.Voice Mode
🎥
Unknown. No first-party video-watch product was on the homepage. A skill could call a video API.Video Understanding
🎬
No. Not a video generation product.Video Generation
📁
Unknown. Inbox/calendar/skills imply files, but a PDF-chat uploader was not listed on the homepage.File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
💻
Yes, requires free plan. Microsoft Execution Containers / sandbox quotes describe running agent code. Skills can execute on your machine.Code Execution
🔊
Unknown. Twilio phone-number demos exist in testimonials. A first-party audio-file transcribe feature was not on the homepage.Audio Input
🖌️
No. Chat/agent, not an artifacts canvas.Canvas / Artifact Editor
🖥️
Yes, requires free plan. Node/desktop features: a Mac mini with eyes and hands, keyboard and mouse. Computer-use is the pitch.Screen Sharing / Computer Use
🧠 Memory & Context
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Yes, requires free plan. Homepage: memories and skills live on your computer and persist; the longer you use it, the more it becomes yours.Persistent Memory
📏
Unknown. Window size is the model you bring (ChatGPT sign-in, Claude Max, etc.). OpenClaw does not publish its own token limit.Large Context Window
⚙️
Yes, requires free plan. Persona onboarding, skills, and cron/heartbeats are the instruction layer.Custom Instructions
📜
Yes, requires free plan. Chat history lives in the apps you already use plus local memory.Conversation History
🔌 Integrations
🌐
Unknown. Skills can browse. A built-in cited search box was not on the homepage.Web Search / Browsing
🔌
Yes, requires free plan. Community skills (/autoreview, /handoff, etc.). Growing skill ecosystem is the product pitch.Plugins / Extensions
🔧
Unknown. Gateway/node is local. A public REST product SKU was not on the marketing homepage.API Access
⚡
Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked.Zapier Integration
🤖
Yes, requires free plan. You run your own claw with skills and persona; share with a team.Custom GPTs / Bots
👥
No. Run it for yourself or share with a team — not a multiplayer canvas.Real-time Collaboration
🐦
No. X API access is a partner quote, not a live social-firehose product.Live Social Data Integration
📚
No. Not a cited-search product.Live Citation Mapping
👨💻 Developer
🛠️
Yes, requires free plan. The harness is tool/skill calling: inbox, calendar, flights, code, cron.Function Calling
⚡
Unknown. Realtime voice wiring is mentioned in testimonials. Token streaming of the desktop chat was not specified.Streaming Responses
🎛️
No. You bring model subscriptions. OpenClaw does not train foundation weights.Fine-Tuning
📐
No. Not an embeddings API product.Embeddings API
📋
Unknown. Skills return actions. A JSON-schema guarantee was not on the homepage.Structured Output (JSON)
🧩
Unknown. Depends on the model (GPT-5.5, Claude, etc.). No OpenClaw Deep Think toggle.Reasoning / Thinking Mode
🏠
Yes, requires free plan. Open-source agent that runs on your machines. Cloud models are optional BYOK.Local Execution
🔓
Partial. The harness is open source (most-starred GitHub repo claim). You choose closed or open models.Open Weights
🤖
Partial. Testimonials of two claws chatting. Not a marketed multi-agent orchestrator SKU.Multi-Agent Orchestration
📱 Platforms
🌐
No. Install desktop apps (or one-liner). Not a hosted SaaS web chat.Web App
📱
No. No iOS app. You talk to it from WhatsApp/Telegram on the phone.iOS App
🤖
No. No Android app. Chat apps are the mobile surface.Android App
🖥️
Yes, requires free plan. Full apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux (AppImage/Debian). They install gateway, chat, setup, and node features.Desktop App
🔵
No. No Chrome extension is advertised.Chrome Extension
🔒 Privacy
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Unknown. Local-first helps, but a GDPR statement was not on the homepage.GDPR Compliant
🚫
Partial. Context and skills stay on your computer. The models you sign into still follow those vendors’ training policies.Opt Out of Data Training
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Partial. Windows sandbox/execution-container quotes exist. There is no OpenClaw Enterprise SKU on the homepage.Enterprise Privacy Mode
💼 Workspaces
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Yes, requires free plan. Memories, skills, cron, and machines persist on your hardware.Projects / Folders