A practical OpenClaw update checklist for my homelab: snapshot the VM first, review the release, upgrade, restart the gateway, verify the running version, then smoke test the assistant runtime.
Claude is expensive. Local models are free. OpenClaw delegates text generation to Ollama while keeping Claude for coordination. Here's how.
Your AI assistant doesn't have to live on someone else's servers. OpenClaw runs on your hardware, connects to Telegram/Discord/WhatsApp, and keeps your data private. Here's how to set it up.