AI Tool Profile
OpenClaw
An open-source personal-agent framework connecting models, tools and messaging/workspace integrations.
Before you buy
Best for: Technical creators who want a self-hosted assistant and can manage permissions, model costs and updates.
Price: Global: MIT source $0; hardware, models and hosting cost extra
Included: The source licence permits installing the software. It does not include a computer, hosted model tokens or managed operations.
Main limits: Self-hosting requires maintenance and carefully scoped tool access. A successful installation does not establish security or unattended reliability.
What Kingy showed: The creator installs OpenClaw in Docker on a UGREEN NAS, connects a model and uses files. It is a setup demonstration, not a security audit.
Buying details checked 2026-10-22 with region and currency stated above. Historical demonstrations and the broader fact ledger keep their own dates.
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Kingy AI Product Facts
OpenClaw
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- Source-backed; coverage expanding
- Latest source check
- October 23, 2026
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- OpenClaw — Product Facts updated
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Which plan is worth considering
OpenClaw’s MIT-licensed source is available at $0 worldwide. A real budget must also include a suitable computer or host, model-provider consumption and maintenance. No hosted inference credit or hardware comes with the source licence. The demonstrated NAS is one deployment option, not a required purchase.
Limits that affect the purchase
An agent can act through the permissions and tools you give it. Follow the official security guidance, limit file/account access and keep the deployment updated. An installation walkthrough does not establish safe exposure to the internet or dependable recurring actions. Model consumption can continue even when the software itself is free.
What the existing demonstration shows
The creator chapters show Docker at 4:17, a workspace at 4:41, installation at 5:03, model connection at 5:26 and files at 5:50. UGREEN supplied the NAS to keep; the public disclosure states no cash payment or editorial approval and no commission on the links. These are setup examples, not a security or long-term reliability test. Open the retained demonstration record.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying details checked October 22, 2026. Plan research uses current official sources; demonstration descriptions use the retained Kingy record and any captured creator chapters. No new subscription, paid generation or checkout was performed. The buying-review date does not renew every claim in the broader facts ledger.
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- Retained Kingy demonstration article
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Earlier profile and dated source history
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OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted personal-assistant gateway that connects model providers, messaging channels, tools, and an operator-controlled workspace.
What it is
The gateway can run on a local machine, NAS, server, or container host. It is not itself a model. Operators connect it to a provider such as Ollama for local inference or to a hosted model API for cloud inference. A self-hosted gateway therefore does not guarantee that every prompt or tool result stays local.
Deployment and security
The official Docker path supports Docker Engine plus Compose v2 and publishes versioned images through the project’s GitHub Container Registry. The setup creates persistent configuration, workspace, and authentication-secret directories, performs onboarding, and starts the gateway.
OpenClaw’s security documentation assumes one trusted operator boundary per gateway. Its recommended controls include strong gateway authentication, narrow channel allowlists, limited tool and filesystem authority, sandboxing where appropriate, and a security audit after configuration changes or before network exposure.
Local models
OpenClaw supports Ollama in local-only, cloud-only, and hybrid modes. A private Ollama endpoint can keep model inference on the operator’s own hardware, but model quality, context, tool reliability, and prompt-injection resistance still depend on the selected model and hardware.
Kingy coverage
Read Kingy’s evidence-led OpenClaw-on-UGREEN-NAS setup and security guide.
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Launch History
OpenClaw Enterprise
OpenClaw Enterprise is being developed publicly before version 1.0, adding a self-hosted control plane for enterprise agents. Access: Open source; pre-1.0.
OpenClaw Enterprise remains pre-1.0. Review the current version, isolation and governance controls before a production commitment.
OpenClaw v2026.7.1
OpenClaw v2026.7.1 shipped major Control UI and onboarding overhauls, major updates to the official iOS, Android, and macOS apps, expanded model and provider support, and stronger Codex and…
OpenClaw v2026.7.1 is a substantive platform release rather than a narrow patch: the interface, onboarding, companion apps, and provider and coding-agent paths move together.…
Kingy coverage
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