--- title: OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW | daily.dev description: OpenClaw, a self-hosted open-source AI assistant that reached 350K GitHub stars in under 3 months, has spawned several community forks: ZeroClaw (built in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW | daily.dev og:description: OpenClaw, a self-hosted open-source AI assistant that reached 350K GitHub stars in under 3 months, has spawned several community forks: ZeroClaw (built in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j7pWxWmjg.png og:image:alt: OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW 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. # OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW **[CodeHead](https://daily.dev/sources/codehead)** · 4 min read · 133 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary OpenClaw, a self-hosted open-source AI assistant that reached 350K GitHub stars in under 3 months, has spawned several community forks: ZeroClaw (built in Rust, 3.4MB, boots in 10ms), NanoClaw (under 4,000 lines, minimal dependencies, security-focused), and Maltis (enterprise-grade with audit trails). OpenClaw also introduced a 'dreaming' feature that consolidates memory in three phases mimicking human sleep — light sleep scans chats, REM identifies patterns, and deep sleep permanently stores only high-scoring memories recalled across multiple contexts. A community plugin extends this further by generating surreal narratives about your day. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@byteoutlaw** · 14 upvotes > Wooow this is wild! :) Enough [daily.dev](http://daily.dev) for today! :D<3 **@anmolbaranwal** · 7 upvotes > I never tried openclaw even with all the hype -- cuz I was never optimistic about the security stuff involved > > yes. I don't want 21 agents to run while I sleep lol **@devmushref** · 6 upvotes > it still hurts my developer soul that people use this treasure chest for hackers. **@thierryrenematos** · 5 upvotes > After the OpenClaw hype, I don't see anyone talking about it anymore. It seems like all that content and tutorials on how to solve your problems with OpenClaw don't hold up, right? **@renehoehle** · 2 upvotes > Am i the only one that don't use it? I don't know evern someone that using it. It's a hype... --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg"},"datePublished":"2026-04-21T15:07:16.705Z","dateModified":"2026-04-21T15:07:33.824Z","description":"OpenClaw, a self-hosted open-source AI assistant that reached 350K GitHub stars in under 3 months, has spawned several community forks: ZeroClaw (built in...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oAluRE9rvLc/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oAluRE9rvLc/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CodeHead","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CodeHead","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ywzrIEkA--/f_auto/v1745508579/logos/codehead","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/codehead"},"commentCount":20,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":133},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":20}],"keywords":"open-source,devtools,rust","timeRequired":"PT4M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW","description":"OpenClaw, a self-hosted open-source AI assistant that reached 350K GitHub stars in under 3 months, has spawned several community forks: ZeroClaw (built in...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oAluRE9rvLc/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-04-21T15:07:16.705Z","duration":"PT4M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/j7pWxWmjg","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/oAluRE9rvLc"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CodeHead","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/codehead"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenClaw Can Do WHAT NOW"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-can-do-what-now-j7pwxwmjg","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Wooow this is wild! :) Enough daily.dev for today! :D<3","datePublished":"2026-04-22T11:39:41.004Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/j7pWxWmjg#c-M40yNZuhr","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob B. 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It seems like all that content and tutorials on how to solve your problems with OpenClaw don’t hold up, right?","datePublished":"2026-04-22T15:55:57.426Z","dateModified":"2026-04-22T15:56:38.892Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/j7pWxWmjg#c-8F6DcvMII","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"thierry","url":"https://daily.dev/thierryrenematos","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1225308?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Am i the only one that don’t use it? I don’t know evern someone that using it. 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