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I need a primary OpenClaw variant

Start with counted ecosystem variants and source-backed relationship notes.

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I need tooling around OpenClaw

Evaluation adapters and session tools stay separate from primary variants.

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Editorial brief

Counts are conservative by design.

Primary variants

Projects counted as part of the OpenClaw ecosystem, with relationship and evidence expectations.

Adjacent tools

Useful companion, evaluation, or developer tooling that supports the ecosystem without becoming a variant.

Watchlist candidates

Promising names stay visible while source, license, release, or integration caveats remain unresolved.

Verified variants

Primary OpenClaw ecosystem entries.

Each row shows why the project is counted and where to inspect it next.

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OpenClaw baseline

Reference ecosystem for gateway, skills, agents, and interoperability conventions.

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NemoClaw

Enterprise-adjacent variant kept under the same evidence policy as smaller projects.

varianttracked in APICompare

NanoClaw

Container and multi-language variant family surfaced through dashboard and comparison views.

variant familytracked in APIDashboard

ZeroClaw

Community ecosystem entry with Rust-oriented implementation signals.

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PicoClaw

Community ecosystem entry with Go-oriented implementation signals.

community variantsource trailDashboard

Hermes Agent

Adjacent community agent tracked in the ecosystem data and comparison context.

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Primary variants are counted separately from adjacent tooling, companion apps, inspired projects, and watchlist candidates.

Adjacent tools

Useful around OpenClaw, not counted as variants.

Published here only when source, license, release, and integration evidence are strong enough.

evaluation tooling

claw-harbor

Harbor-derived benchmark and evaluation tooling with explicit OpenClaw agent support.

  • Apache-2.0 license
  • tests and docs present
  • registry and pyproject present
  • OpenClaw adapter present
  • verified release v0.2.0
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developer tooling

Agent Sessions

macOS session browser for agent histories with OpenClaw and Hermes support.

  • MIT license
  • release assets present
  • tests and docs present
  • project site present
  • OpenClaw/Hermes history support
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compatible agent

nanobot

High-attention lightweight personal AI agent. Published as adjacent, not a core OpenClaw variant, because the evidence is compatibility and ecosystem overlap.

  • MIT license
  • active public source
  • OpenClaw topic present
  • ClawHub support
  • OpenClaw-style skill metadata
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IoT hardware agent

ESP-Claw

Espressif's OpenClaw-inspired Chat Coding framework for ESP32-class IoT devices. Published as adjacent hardware-agent context, not a core OpenClaw fork.

  • Apache-2.0 license
  • active Espressif source
  • OpenClaw-inspired README
  • reimplemented in C
  • project docs and flashing path
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Composio variant

secure-openclaw

Composio-maintained OpenClaw-like 24x7 assistant with messaging, memory, reminders, and 500+ app integrations. Published with a caveat: integration-focused variant, not the upstream baseline.

  • MIT license
  • OpenClaw topics
  • 1,204 stars / 165 forks
  • messaging platforms
  • Composio integrations
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Composio fork

openclaw-composio

Companion OpenClaw fork with integrated Composio plugin for tool authentication and credential handling. Bundled as Composio ecosystem context to avoid double counting.

  • MIT license
  • explicit OpenClaw fork
  • Composio auth plugin
  • credential handling focus
  • companion to secure-openclaw
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skills infrastructure

skillshare

Cross-tool skill sync and sharing for Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other AI CLI tools. Published as ecosystem infrastructure, not a variant.

  • MIT license
  • active 2026-06-11
  • OpenClaw topic
  • skills-management focus
  • team sharing
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Seven adjacent/variant-context tools are published because their source evidence is strong enough; unresolved candidates stay on the watchlist until caveats are resolved.

Watchlist

Promising, not verified.

Each item names the missing evidence instead of borrowing credibility from verified entries.

iClaw / open-iClaw-app

Android alpha releases exist; source code and license were not published at verification time.

companion app · alpha source-pending · checked 2026-06-04

AIRIClaw

Active TypeScript source references gateway and skill concepts; no license or release was detected.

experimental variant · unlicensed · checked 2026-06-04

S3pia

MIT-licensed active project; evidence supports inspiration or adjacency rather than direct integration.

adjacent agent · inspired · checked 2026-06-04

Orkas

Active local-first multi-agent desktop client with OpenClaw/Hermes topics; adjacent orchestration, not a direct variant.

adjacent multi-agent desktop · watch · checked 2026-06-11

OpenBiliClaw

Active private content-discovery agent; watch only because the current evidence is content discovery rather than OpenClaw developer tooling.

content discovery agent · watch · checked 2026-06-11

Proofrail for OpenClaw

Useful OpenClaw runtime guardrail and evidence-gate tooling, but adoption is still early.

runtime guardrails · watch · checked 2026-06-11

ClawHub / AlphaClaw / Clawrium

Strong infrastructure signals for registry, deployment, and fleet management; hold for a resources/skills section instead of variant counts.

OpenClaw infrastructure · watch · checked 2026-06-11

Needs re-verification

Names found during research, held for another pass.

  • PocoClaw
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Not counted

Excluded from counts until evidence changes.

LibreClaw

Not counted under the current classification policy.

PS Claw

Not counted under the current classification policy.

OpenClaw-local-clone

Not counted under the current classification policy.

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Methodology

How entries are classified.

  1. Source first

    Public source, license, release history, docs, or integration evidence are checked before publication.

  2. Relationship is labeled

    Entries are separated as primary variants, adjacent tools, companion apps, inspired projects, or exclusions.

  3. Caveats stay visible

    Missing source, license, releases, or direct integration evidence remain visible.

  4. Counts are conservative

    Adjacent tools and watchlist candidates do not inflate primary variant counts.

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