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OpenClaw People And Profiles

Profile-driven editorial pages for the people, product voices, and context around the OpenClaw ecosystem.

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Curated Starting Points

Editor-picked entries to help you orient before diving into the full stack

Profile
11 min read

Meet Peter Steinberger: The Mind Behind OpenClaw

A source-led profile of Peter Steinberger, from PSPDFKit and developer tooling to OpenClaw, its public foundation, and the operator lessons around agent infrastructure.

Feb 1, 2026Read
News
2 min read

OpenClaw Newsletter: Weekly Updates & How to Subscribe

Use the OpenClaw Blog RSS feed and the project's release channels to follow updates without an unverified newsletter promise.

Feb 17, 2026Read
Guide
16 min read

The Complete Guide to OpenClaw: From Zero to AI-Powered Productivity

A practical, evidence-led path from a fresh OpenClaw install to one bounded productivity workflow, with provider, channel, permission, extension, maintenance, and recovery checks.

Feb 1, 2026Read
Guide
2 min read

OpenClaw Platform Overview: Features & Capabilities

A practical OpenClaw overview covering the Gateway, channels, skills, model providers, and local-first deployment.

Feb 17, 2026Read
Comparison
2 min read

OpenClaw vs ChatGPT: Why Local AI Matters

A balanced comparison of OpenClaw's self-managed Gateway with ChatGPT's hosted workspace and the tradeoffs that follow.

Feb 14, 2026Read
Security
12 min read

OpenClaw Security: What You Need to Know

OpenClaw security depends on the trust boundary around the Gateway, not simply on whether the software runs locally. This guide maps documented advisories, affected configurations, practical controls, and residual risk.

Feb 1, 2026Read
Tutorial
5 min read

OpenClaw Platform Integrations: Connect Your AI Assistant Everywhere

Connect OpenClaw to your favorite messaging apps - WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and more. Complete setup guide.

Feb 13, 2026Read
Tutorial
14 min read

Installing OpenClaw on macOS: A Step-by-Step Guide

A practical macOS installation path for OpenClaw: choose the CLI or native app, verify the Gateway, diagnose common failures, and protect updates with real backups.

Feb 1, 2026Read

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Profile
14 min read

Who Shapes OpenClaw? The Foundation, Maintainers, and Donors in the Public Record

OpenClaw is no longer explained by its creator alone. A dated foundation announcement, public staff roster, repository rules, and donor disclosures show how stewardship is being organized, and where authority remains undocumented.

Jul 31, 2026Read
Profile
11 min read

Vincent Koc and the public work of trust in OpenClaw

A source-led profile of Vincent Koc, the OpenClaw contributor whose public record connects security, telemetry, recovery work, and a co-authored study of community skill scanning, with clear limits on what those records prove.

Jul 30, 2026Read
Profile
11 min read

Inside OpenClaw's documentation maintenance system

OpenClaw's public pages do not identify one documentation editor. They show something more useful: a Foundation, maintainer routes, ownership rules, operational recovery paths, and a community process for finding gaps.

Jul 29, 2026Read
Profile
11 min read

OpenClaw's public maintainer map: who signs releases, and what we can verify

OpenClaw publishes a Foundation team, a core-maintainer roster, and release records. Here is what those sources show about responsibility, and where the public evidence stops.

Jul 28, 2026Read
Profile
10 min read

Mav Levin and the OpenClaw bug that made localhost a browser pivot

A source-led profile of Mav Levin and the OpenClaw vulnerability chain he publicly documented, with the browser, WebSocket, token, patch, and operator limits kept separate.

Jul 2, 2026Read
Profile
12 min read

Who Actually Maintains OpenClaw’s Release Path?

The public record points to a foundation, named engineers, volunteer maintainers, and release automation. It also shows why no single person can be credited with the whole delivery path.

Jul 1, 2026Read
Profile
2 min read

Community Profile: Aisha Patel - OpenClaw's Prolific Contributor

A community contributor profile about documentation work, issue triage, and practical ways to contribute to OpenClaw.

Feb 23, 2026Read
Profile
11 min read

Meet Peter Steinberger: The Mind Behind OpenClaw

A source-led profile of Peter Steinberger, from PSPDFKit and developer tooling to OpenClaw, its public foundation, and the operator lessons around agent infrastructure.

Feb 1, 2026Read