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From "Raising Lobsters" to EasyClaw: How Cheetah Mobile's CEO Built 8 AI Agents in 14 Days
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · March 5, 2026 · 6 min read

From "Raising Lobsters" to EasyClaw: How Cheetah Mobile's CEO Built 8 AI Agents in 14 Days

Cheetah Mobile CEO Fu Sheng spent 14 days bedridden during Chinese New Year building 8 OpenClaw agents from scratch. That experiment became EasyClaw — a product that compresses the 3-hour OpenClaw setup into a 3-minute double-click install.

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250,000 Stars: OpenClaw Surpasses React as GitHub's Most-Starred Software Project
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · March 4, 2026 · 5 min read

250,000 Stars: OpenClaw Surpasses React as GitHub's Most-Starred Software Project

In roughly 60 days, OpenClaw crossed 250,000 GitHub stars — surpassing React, the framework that took over a decade to reach the same number. Here is how it happened and what it means for open source.

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The February Security Storm: Zero-Click Exploits, Supply Chain Attacks, and How OpenClaw Responded
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · March 4, 2026 · 8 min read

The February Security Storm: Zero-Click Exploits, Supply Chain Attacks, and How OpenClaw Responded

In late February 2026, OpenClaw faced its most serious security crisis yet: a zero-click WebSocket hijack, 341 malicious ClawHub skills, and an infostealer targeting agent configs. Here is the full timeline and what changed.

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The Real Cost of Running OpenClaw: A Practical Guide to Spending Less Than $100/Month
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · March 3, 2026 · 8 min read

The Real Cost of Running OpenClaw: A Practical Guide to Spending Less Than $100/Month

OpenClaw is free and open source, but the AI models behind it are not. Here is a practical breakdown of what it actually costs to run an OpenClaw agent 24/7, and how to cut that cost by up to 80%.

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Beyond the Cloud: Running OpenClaw on Mac mini, Raspberry Pi, and Intel AI PCs
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · March 3, 2026 · 6 min read

Beyond the Cloud: Running OpenClaw on Mac mini, Raspberry Pi, and Intel AI PCs

OpenClaw has sparked a hardware renaissance. Mac minis are selling out, Raspberry Pis are being repurposed, and Intel is optimizing AI PCs for local agent inference. Here is the complete guide to OpenClaw hardware in 2026.

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OpenClaw Meets Your Home: The Rise of AI-Powered Smart Home Control
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 7 min read

OpenClaw Meets Your Home: The Rise of AI-Powered Smart Home Control

OpenClaw is expanding beyond chat into the physical world. From SwitchBot's native AI Hub integration to Home Assistant add-ons and Raspberry Pi deployments, your AI agent can now control lights, locks, thermostats, speakers, and more — all through natural conversation.

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The Apple Ecosystem Play: OpenClaw on iOS, macOS, and Beyond
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 8 min read

The Apple Ecosystem Play: OpenClaw on iOS, macOS, and Beyond

OpenClaw has quietly built one of the most complete Apple ecosystem integrations of any open-source AI project. Native iOS apps on the App Store, Apple Shortcuts automation, a macOS menu bar companion with voice wake, and the Mac Mini as the community's preferred always-on hardware — here's the full picture.

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Governments Are Watching: How Countries Are Responding to OpenClaw Security Risks
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 9 min read

Governments Are Watching: How Countries Are Responding to OpenClaw Security Risks

With 42,900 exposed instances across 82 countries, a critical one-click RCE vulnerability, and 20% of ClawHub skills found to be malicious, OpenClaw's security posture has drawn attention from governments worldwide. China's MIIT issued warnings. Korean tech giants banned it internally. Here's what's happening and what it means for the project's future under its new foundation.

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Beyond OpenAI: How Chinese LLMs Are Powering OpenClaw Agents
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 8 min read

Beyond OpenAI: How Chinese LLMs Are Powering OpenClaw Agents

OpenClaw's model-agnostic architecture has made it a natural fit for China's booming LLM ecosystem. From Alibaba's Qwen to Moonshot AI's Kimi Claw platform with 5,000+ skills, from Feishu bridges to DingTalk connectors — here's how Chinese AI companies are building on OpenClaw.

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OpenClaw for Developers: GitHub, Linear, Notion, and the AI-Powered Dev Workflow
OpenClaws.io Team OpenClaws.io Team · February 23, 2026 · 7 min read

OpenClaw for Developers: GitHub, Linear, Notion, and the AI-Powered Dev Workflow

OpenClaw isn't just a chatbot framework — it's becoming a developer productivity layer. With skills for GitHub PR review automation, Linear project management, Notion knowledge bases, MCP sub-agent orchestration, and access to 300+ models via OpenRouter, here's how developers are wiring OpenClaw into their daily workflows.

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