--- title: Local OpenClaw & Ollama in 27 minutes | daily.dev description: A step-by-step guide to running OpenClaw (an AI coding agent) locally using Ollama instead of cloud APIs. Covers two setups: a beginner single-machine setup... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/local-openclaw-ollama-in-27-minutes-qiftikrr6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Local OpenClaw & Ollama in 27 minutes | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to running OpenClaw (an AI coding agent) locally using Ollama instead of cloud APIs. Covers two setups: a beginner single-machine setup... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/local-openclaw-ollama-in-27-minutes-qiftikrr6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QIfTIKRr6.png og:image:alt: Local OpenClaw & Ollama in 27 minutes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Local OpenClaw & Ollama in 27 minutes **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 27 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to running OpenClaw (an AI coding agent) locally using Ollama instead of cloud APIs. Covers two setups: a beginner single-machine setup and an advanced two-device setup using a Jetson Nano running OpenClaw 24/7 paired with an old gaming laptop as an Ollama LLM server. Topics include installing Ollama, choosing the right local model (balancing speed vs quality), configuring networking with static IPs, enabling Wake-on-LAN, setting context length, and connecting OpenClaw to a remote Ollama server. Key motivations are cost savings, privacy, and reliability when cloud providers go down. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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