alt Hacker NewsGenuine question: what does this offer that OpenClaw doesn't already do?
You're using the same memory format (SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, HEARTBEAT.md), similar architecture... but OpenClaw already ships with multi-channel messaging (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp), voice calls, cron scheduling, browser automation, sub-agents, and a skills ecosystem.
Not trying to be harsh — the AI agent space just feels crowded with "me too" projects lately. What's the unique angle beyond "it's in Rust"?
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creata • yesterday at 1:23 PM
It's the static site generator of vibe coded projects.
cpursley • yesterday at 10:46 AM
It’s small and not node - not all of us have crazy powerful machines, what’s not to like?
I think a lot of people, me included, fear OpenClaw especially because it's an amalgamation of all features, 2.3k pull requests, obviously a lot of LLM checked or developed code.
It tries to do everything, but has no real security architecture.
Exec approvals are a farce.
OC can modify it's own permissions and config, and if you limit that you cannot really use it for is strengths.
What is needed is a well thought out security architecture, which allows easy approvals, but doesn't allow OC to do that itself, with credential and API access control (such as by using Wardgate [1], my solution for now), and separation of capabilities into multiple nodes/agents with good boundaries.
Currently OC needs effective root access, can change its own permissions and it's kinda all or nothing.
[1] https://github.com/wardgate/wardgate