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Any OS + WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord/iMessage gateway for AI agents (Pi). Plugins add Mattermost and more.

Getting Started

Wizard

WeChat group (CN)

GitHub

📱 WhatsApp

Uses Baileys for WhatsApp Web protocol

✈️ Telegram

DMs + groups via grammY

🎮 Discord

DMs + guild channels via discord.js

💬 iMessage

Local imsg CLI integration (macOS)

🤖 Agent bridge

Pi (RPC mode) with tool streaming

🧠 Multi-agent routing

Route channels/peers to isolated agents (workspace + per-agent sessions)

Community

OpenClaw WeChat Group (China)

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Start here

New install from zero: Getting Started
Guided setup (recommended): Wizard (openclaw onboard)
Open the dashboard (local Gateway): http://127.0.0.1:18789/ — start the Gateway first with openclaw gateway if needed.

How it works

WhatsApp / Telegram / Discord / iMessage (+ plugins)
        │
        ▼
   ┌───────────────────────────┐
   │          Gateway          │  ws://127.0.0.1:18789 (loopback-only)
   │     (single source)        │
   └───────────┬───────────────┘
               │
               ├─ Pi agent (RPC)
               ├─ CLI (openclaw …)
               ├─ Chat UI / macOS app
               └─ iOS / Android nodes (via Gateway WS + pairing)

Most operations flow through the Gateway (openclaw gateway), a single long-running process that owns channel connections and the WebSocket control plane.

Quick start

Runtime: Node.js ≥ 22

bash

npm install -g openclaw@latest
# or: pnpm add -g openclaw@latest

openclaw onboard --install-daemon
openclaw channels login
openclaw gateway --port 18789

Official & community

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