OpenClaw Newsletter

Daily updates from the OpenClaw ecosystem

Monday, March 16, 2026

In This Issue

Top Stories

  • OpenClaw surpasses React as GitHub's most-starred software project [TRENDING] — A historic milestone that's sparked massive discussion with 370 comments on Hacker News.
  • "OpenClaw is changing my life" hits top of HN [TRENDING] — Personal testimonial from developer novoreorx has exploded with 513 comments and massive engagement.
  • Ollama becomes official OpenClaw provider [TRENDING] — All Ollama models now work seamlessly with openclaw onboard --auth-choice ollama, generating 432 retweets.
  • OpenClaw 2026.3.13 ships with live Chrome session attach [TRENDING] — New toggle enables real browser logins with zero extensions, plus redesigned Android app with 289 retweets.
  • Critical heartbeat bug silently drops user messages [HOT] — User responses were being lost during heartbeat execution cycles, requiring urgent patch with 30 comments.

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Releases

## Releases • openclaw v2026.3.13-1 — Recovery release fixes broken v2026.3.13 due to GitHub's immutable release constraints Downloadopenclaw-cli 2026.3.13 — Available on Homebrew with 5,788 installs in the last 30 days Install ## Community Growth • 316,050 GitHub stars (+growth from previous count), 60,505 forks, 1,270 contributors actively building the future of personal AI

Community

  • guang384 fixed a critical bug where user messages were silently dropped during heartbeat execution — blocking all communication during heartbeat cycles [HOT - 60 engagement, 30 comments]
  • markshields-tl added multi-gateway Slack deployment support via new mux receiver that connects to external openclaw-mux service through WebSocket [14 engagement]
  • snese preserved all skills in AI prompts via compact fallback before dropping them — users with 20+ workspace skills no longer lose context silently [10 engagement]
  • zqchris restored TTS voice-bubble delivery for BlueBubbles with proper CAF audio conversion and audioAsVoice propagation through media delivery [12 engagement]
  • nyddle added GigaChat provider with streaming, auth, and onboarding — bringing first-class support for Russia's ChatGPT alternative [2 engagement]

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