OpenClaw for non-tech founders. A native desktop app that gives you your own always-on AI agent — no terminal, no command line, no setup headaches. Just open the app and start talking.
Inspired by OpenClaw, the viral open-source AI agent runtime that developers love — but rebuilt as a polished desktop experience for people who don't live in a terminal.
DesktopClaw gives you a persistent AI agent that:
- Stays alive — heartbeats, scheduled tasks, and background routines keep your agent working even when you're not chatting
- Connects your channels — Telegram and Slack messages flow into one conversation, so your agent is reachable everywhere
- Remembers everything — persistent memory across sessions, no context lost
- Has a personality — customize your agent's soul, identity, and behavior by editing simple text files
- Shows its work — activity board, event feed, and memory browser give you full visibility into what your agent is doing
Non-technical founders who want the power of an AI agent without the complexity. No Python environments, no Docker, no YAML configs — just a native macOS app that works like any other app on your dock.
Open the app. Chat with your agent. That's it.
Behind the scenes, DesktopClaw runs the same architecture that makes OpenClaw feel "alive":
- Messages — your chat conversations
- Heartbeats — periodic check-ins where the agent proactively looks for work
- Scheduled tasks — cron jobs the agent manages on its own
- Events — lifecycle hooks and external triggers
- Channel messages — Telegram and Slack, unified into one feed
All of this flows through a queue, gets processed, and state persists — so your agent picks up right where it left off, every time.
Your agent's workspace lives in ~/Documents/DesktopClaw/. Edit these files to shape who your agent is:
| File | What it controls |
|---|---|
SOUL.md |
Personality and behavioral rules |
IDENTITY.md |
Who the agent is (name, background) |
USER.md |
Info about you (preferences, context) |
HEARTBEAT.md |
What to do during periodic check-ins |
No code. Just markdown files you edit in any text editor.
- Tauri 2 — native desktop app, small footprint
- Keel & Deck — component library for AI agent desktop apps
- React + TypeScript frontend, Rust backend
Early development (v0.1.0). macOS only for now.
MIT