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Install openclaw-cli with Homebrew, dnf, Nix

Your own personal AI assistant. Version 2026.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-14. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install openclaw-cli

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install openclaw

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · openclaw · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Your own personal AI assistant

Commands and aliases

  • openclaw

history

Project history and usage

OpenClaw is packaged around the `openclaw` command and documented as a self-hosted gateway for personal AI assistance. The official docs describe a single Gateway process that connects chat apps and channel plugins to AI coding agents, with sessions, memory, tool use, multi-agent routing, and local control as the central design points.

Project history

The public project materials emphasize architecture and setup more than origin chronology. The repository and docs present OpenClaw as an MIT-licensed, community-driven project with a Node-based CLI onboarding flow, a long-running Gateway daemon, a browser dashboard, and channel integrations for messaging surfaces such as Discord, iMessage, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Matrix, and others.

How it is used

Operators install the CLI with a JavaScript package manager such as npm, pnpm, or bun, then run `openclaw onboard` to configure the gateway, workspace, channels, and skills. The recommended daemon mode installs the Gateway as a user service through launchd or systemd so the assistant remains reachable from configured chat surfaces.

Why package nerds care

For package metadata, OpenClaw is notable less as a standalone model client and more as a local agent gateway: the package exposes a CLI, installs a daemon-style service, and bridges external chat channels to local or provider-backed coding agents. Its history is thinly documented in primary sources, so the useful enrichment is mostly about packaging shape and operating model.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for openclaw-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.openclaw/openclaw.jsonauth-profiles.json.envagents/*/agent/models.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
openclawexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version2026.7.1
manager updated2026-07-14
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:openclaw-cli
Version2026.7.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://openclaw.ai/
Last updated2026-07-14T18:47:59Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

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Nix92%

openclaw

nix profile install nixpkgs#openclaw
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Openclaw
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/openclaw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf92%

openclaw 2026.5.7-5.fc45

Your own personal AI assistant

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

sudo dnf install openclaw
  • License: MIT AND (MIT AND Zlib) AND (MIT OR CC0-1.0) AND (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) AND Apache-2.0 AND MPL-2.0 AND PSF-2.0 AND 0BSD AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: openclaw
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Openclaw
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: openclaw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
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