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Clawhive

Clawhive is an open-source Rust-native AI agent framework with a CLI for configuring agents, connecting model providers and chat channels, and managing sessions, skills and scheduled tasks.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Clawhive when you want a Rust-native CLI framework to configure and operate agents connected to supported model providers and messaging channels, or to explore multi-agent and memory features.

Who it is for

  • Developers building or operating AI agents across chat channels.
  • Teams exploring multi-agent orchestration, configurable model routing and persistent memory.
  • Operators seeking a CLI-based agent platform with documented skill permissions and execution limits.

Documented uses

  • Configure agents, providers and channel connections through an interactive CLI or local browser wizard.
  • Run configured channel bots and an HTTP API server, or test an agent through a local chat REPL.
  • Inspect and manage agents, skills, sessions, scheduled jobs and logs from the CLI.
  • Build agent workflows using per-agent personas, model routing, sub-agent spawning and layered memory.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project is presented as open source under the MIT license. The README documents shell-script or manual release installation and CLI access; it does not state pricing or account requirements.

  • The project describes distribution as a single binary with no runtime dependencies; the README also advertises an approximately 14 MB footprint.
  • The README documents multiple LLM provider adapters and chat-channel adapters; connecting them requires configuration, details of which are not covered here.
  • The security design is described as a hard baseline plus origin-based trust, with explicit permissions for external skills; review the project documentation when assessing a deployment.
  • The documented stack is Rust, with a README badge indicating Rust 1.92 or newer.
  • The repository is public and carries an MIT license.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Clawhive and open its setup wizard

Install the CLI and reach the documented browser-based configuration wizard.

Before you start

  • A supported shell environment for the install script, or a manually downloaded GitHub release.
  • A browser for the local setup page.

Steps

  1. Run the install script shown in the project README, or download a release manually.

  2. Activate the installed environment in the current shell with source ~/.clawhive/env.

  3. Start the service with clawhive start.

  4. Open http://localhost:8848/setup in a browser to use the setup wizard.

Expected outcome

The Clawhive setup wizard is available locally for configuring providers, agents and channels.

Guide limitations

  • The installation instructions describe setup; they do not establish that a configured agent has been run successfully.
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Sources & review

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Related options

OpenClaw — Named by Clawhive as the project it is an alternative to.