OpenClaw Newsletter

Daily updates from the OpenClaw ecosystem

Monday, February 23, 2026

In This Issue

Top Stories

  • Zero-code learner builds AI assistant in one day — Liberal arts student with no coding background shares 10-step beginner guide for OpenClaw, generating massive community engagement with 552 retweets
  • Real-world OpenClaw experiences shared on Hacker News — Community discussion reveals actual user pain points and success stories, with 189 comments and growing
  • VPS installation guide goes viral — Step-by-step OpenClaw deployment tutorial spreads rapidly with 374 retweets as hosting demand surges
  • Custom hardware builds showcase miniaturization — Developer creates ultra-compact personal assistant device running OpenClaw, inspiring hardware experiments across the community
  • GPU home server adoption accelerates — User credits OpenClaw for driving their investment in dedicated GPU infrastructure with Tailscale, reflecting broader infrastructure trends

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Releases

  • openclaw v2026.2.22 — Added Mistral provider support with memory embeddings and voice capabilities, plus optional built-in auto-updater. Release notes
  • npm package v2026.2.22-2 — Multi-channel AI gateway update with 961k weekly downloads. View on npm
  • Homebrew CLI v2026.2.22-2 — Personal AI assistant CLI with 2,857 installs in 30 days. Install via Homebrew
Project Stats: 219k+ stars, 41k forks, 798 contributors

Community

  • uncleGarage reports 0/37 plugins loading — fresh installs failing to load channel plugins on macOS Apple Silicon, blocking gateway functionality #24236
  • danieltao finds WhatsApp channels broken on Windows — config validation errors preventing WhatsApp channel setup in latest release #24263
  • nxmxbbd reports thinking blocks leaking into WhatsApp — internal reasoning text appearing in user messages plus stale fragments in replies #24290
  • vincentkoc fixes unauthorized WebSocket spam — prevents clients from flooding gateway with rejected requests that degrade performance #24294
  • 124 sponsors now backing OpenClaw — growing financial support from community including recent contributors romainhuet and davemorin GitHub Sponsors

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