What’s the value proposition

OpenClaw is not “just a Claude wrapper.” It’s a local-first control plane that lets you run a capable assistant on your own hardware, reachable from the chat apps you already use, with stateful sessions, memory, and tools - without handing control of your workflows to a hosted SaaS.
Highlights:
Your devices, your data: run the Gateway wherever you want (Mac, Linux, VPS) and keep the workspace + session history local.
Real channels, not a web sandbox: WhatsApp/Telegram/Slack/Discord/Signal/iMessage/etc, plus mobile voice and Canvas on supported platforms.
Model-agnostic: use Anthropic, OpenAI, MiniMax, OpenRouter, etc., with per‑agent routing and failover.
Local-only option: run local models so all data can stay on your device if you want.
Multi-agent routing: separate agents per channel, account, or task, each with its own workspace and defaults.
Open source and hackable: inspect, extend, and self-host without vendor lock‑in.
Docs: Gateway, Channels, Multi‑agent, Memory.