Meet OpenClawd
The OpenClaw Installer Profile

What Is OpenClawd and How Does It Relate to OpenClaw?

According to Introducing OpenClaw, OpenClaw is the evolution of Clawd and Moltbot: an open agent platform that runs on your own machine and talks to you over the chat apps you already use. The project rebranded from Moltbot to OpenClaw after careful trademark checks, keeping the lobster heritage but emphasizing that it is open‑source and community‑driven.

OpenClawd, in contrast, is the name we use inside AgentInstaller for the OpenClaw profile. It does not fork or modify the upstream openclaw/openclaw repository. Instead, it gives OpenClaw a dedicated tile in the Agent Store and a clear place in the installer menu, so users searching for “moltbot openclaw”, “clawdbot github” or “openclaw github” understand how this ecosystem fits together.

Models, APIs and Runtime

The official README describes OpenClaw as model‑agnostic, with strong recommendations for Anthropic subscriptions (Claude Pro/Max) and support for OpenAI models, local runtimes and other providers. The CLI expects Node ≥ 22, and the preferred path is to run openclaw onboard --install-daemon so the Gateway runs as a long‑lived service on macOS, Linux or Windows via WSL2. AgentInstaller’s role with OpenClawd is simply to surface the same installer flow next to Moltbot and Clawdbot so you do not have to memorize each project’s commands.

From there, you can follow the upstream docs to wire chat channels, model providers, and skills. OpenClaw ships with a skills platform, browser control, Live Canvas via A2UI, cron jobs, webhooks, and a Gateway UI. The GitHub issues give you a live view of ongoing work around new channels, sandboxing, model support and bugfixes.

Positioning vs. Moltbot and Clawdbot

Historically, Clawd was a community wrapper around Claude’s computer‑use demos, and Moltbot focused on giving that agent better skills, messaging integrations and defaults. OpenClaw is the unified successor: a general‑purpose personal assistant, with Molty the lobster at its core. Clawdbot and Moltbot are still great agents to run, but OpenClaw now aims to be the central “personal OS” you can extend with skills and multiple agents.

In AgentInstaller terms, Clawdbot remains the fastest way to get a Claude computer‑use demo running; Moltbot remains a strong choice when you primarily care about skills and messaging channels; and OpenClawd is the entry that points you at OpenClaw when you want a long‑running, multi‑channel personal assistant that can grow with you over time.

What You Need To Run OpenClaw via OpenClawd

To deploy OpenClaw using the OpenClawd profile, you typically need:

• A machine with Node 22 or newer: laptop, always‑on desktop or small VPS.
• At least one model provider configured (for example an Anthropic or OpenAI subscription as described in the README).
• Optional connectivity extras like Tailscale or Cloudflare if you want to expose the Gateway or WebChat beyond your local network.
• Optional chat tokens (Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams) to connect the channels you care about.

This page is not a fork of the official documentation but a high‑level overview designed around search intent: if you heard about OpenClaw on social media, saw the Introducing OpenClaw announcement, or landed on openclaw github, OpenClawd on AgentInstaller is the quickest way to bridge from “I want that lobster assistant” to “I have it running alongside my other agents”.