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Clawdbot is Now OpenClaw — Everything You Need to Know

Yes, Clawdbot is still available — it has been renamed to OpenClaw. The codebase, features, team, and license are all the same. Only the name changed. If you had Clawdbot installed, your existing setup still works. To update, run git remote set-url origin https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git and pull the latest changes.

Clawdbot Has a New Name

If you've been searching for Clawdbot and ended up here, you're in the right place. Clawdbot has been officially renamed to OpenClaw. Same project, same team, same powerful AI assistant — just a new name.

The Naming Journey

The project has been through a few names:

Clawd was born in November 2025 — a playful pun on "Claude" with a claw. It felt perfect until Anthropic's legal team politely asked the team to reconsider. Fair enough.

Moltbot came next, chosen in a chaotic 5am Discord brainstorm with the community. Molting represents growth — lobsters shed their shells to become something bigger. It was meaningful, but it never quite rolled off the tongue.

OpenClaw is where things landed. This time, the team did their homework: trademark searches came back clear, domains were purchased, and migration code was written. The name captures what the project has become:

  • "Open" — open source, open to everyone, community-driven
  • "Claw" — the lobster heritage, a nod to where it all came from

Why the Final Rename?

The project started as a community experiment and grew far beyond anyone's expectations. As it matured into a serious open-source project with tens of thousands of contributors and over 80,000 GitHub stars, the team decided the name should reflect what the project has become — a professional, community-governed open-source initiative.

What Changed?

The short answer: the name. Everything else remains the same:

  • Same codebase — OpenClaw is the same repository, just renamed
  • Same features — Computer control, task automation, multi-platform support
  • Same team — The core contributors haven't changed
  • Same community — Discord, GitHub discussions, and forums all carry over
  • Same license — Still fully open-source

If you had Clawdbot installed, your existing installation continues to work. Future updates will use the OpenClaw branding, and you'll eventually want to update your local clone to point to the new repository URL.

How to Update Your Installation

If you were running Clawdbot and want to switch to the OpenClaw repository:

# Update the remote URL
cd your-clawdbot-directory
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git

# Pull the latest changes
git pull origin main

That's it. Your configuration, data, and settings all carry over unchanged.

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The Community's Response

The rename was well-received by the community. Most users and contributors see it as a positive step that better represents the project's values and direction. The transition has been smooth, with GitHub redirects in place for the old repository URL.

Going Forward

The OpenClaw project continues to grow under its new name. The development roadmap, release schedule, and community governance all remain unchanged. Whether you call it Clawdbot or OpenClaw, the mission is the same: building the best open-source AI assistant available.

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