MyClaw is now a dashboard, not a fork — we no longer patch openclaw at build time or write into ~/.openclaw/extensions/. First launch fetches the pinned openclaw via npm install and starts it with a minimal config; everything else is openclaw’s own runtime defaults plus whatever you configure through the UI.
Version range instead of exact pin — if you upgrade openclaw yourself, MyClaw respects it (within a tested-compatible range) instead of clobbering your install.
Plugin install delegated to openclaw plugins install — we don’t copy local files anymore, we just ask the CLI. Matches what upstream expects.
v1.5.0
Stripped bundled openclaw — first launch fetches the pinned version into ~/.myclaw/runtime/ via bundled Node + npm. Installer is smaller and you always get the openclaw version this release was tested with.
Splash-style progress window during first-launch init — shows npm install progress so you know it’s not frozen.
Bundled npm with Node so subsequent updates can npm install without needing a system Node toolchain.
v1.4.4
Reset your OpenClaw data from the app menu — wipes ~/.openclaw (config, memory, skills) with a confirmation dialog on macOS, Linux and Windows. Useful when an agent’s state is corrupt or you just want a clean slate.
Opt-in reset during Windows install/uninstall — a new wizard page lets you wipe ~/.openclaw when upgrading or removing the app. Unchecked by default; your data stays put unless you ask.
Windows installer: fixed three NSIS regressions from the reset feature (FileFunc.nsh include, page function scoping, ${isUpdated} evaluation) so the installer builds and runs cleanly.
v1.4.3
Maintenance release with assorted under-the-hood improvements and updated dependencies. See the GitHub release page for the full asset list (Windows, Linux x64/ARM64 AppImage / .deb / .rpm).
v1.4.2
Sleep prevention (opt-in) — keeps the OS awake while MyClaw is running so long-lived messaging channels don’t drop when the machine would otherwise sleep. Off by default to protect laptop batteries.
Smart reconnect after wake — Gateway is restarted automatically when its WebSocket is still dead after a Windows suspend/resume, instead of waiting out the heartbeat timeout.
Windows power-outage recovery — first-run guide to enable launch-at-startup and auto-login so MyClaw is back up on its own after an unexpected reboot. Revisitable from the tray menu.
v1.4.1
Fixed Windows Gateway hang after 1.4.0 — disabled the Bonjour/mDNS advertiser that was stalling the startup handshake on machines with Apple Bonjour, VPN, or Hyper-V network adapters (symptom: 20-second connect timeout loop).
v1.4.0
Upgraded OpenClaw runtime to 2026.4.12.
Updated channel plugins: WeChat 2.1.8 and Lark / WeCom / DingTalk to their latest stable releases.
v1.2.0
Compatible with OpenClaw 2026.4.5’s new channel SDK layout (Discord, Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp). Falls back to 4.2 paths automatically for older Gateways.
Discord guild config migration — the old per-channel allow flag is rewritten to the new enabled shape on startup so Gateway stops failing config validation.
Bundler reliability on Windows: corrected promotion ordering and surfaced previously-silent dependency copy errors.
v1.1.7
WhatsApp login no longer stalls at the end of pairing — fixed a credential/connection race that caused a ~15-second hang before the flow completed.
Dev-mode startup loads the right OpenClaw build (with all bundled dependencies) instead of the pnpm internal store, which was missing ~379 runtime deps.
QQ Bot and Feishu plugins now bundle into the correct directory names.
Plugin bundling supports decoupled directory name vs plugin id, unblocking plugins whose manifest id differs from their folder.
v1.1.6
First release tracked in this changelog. Earlier beta history is available on GitHub.