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This Wikipedia page covers an open-source game engine project unrelated to AI safety; it appears to have been included in this knowledge base in error or as a tangential reference.

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OpenClaw is an open-source reimplementation of the 1997 platform game 'Captain Claw' by Monolith Productions. It is a community-driven project to recreate the game engine, allowing the original game to run on modern systems. This resource is a Wikipedia reference page documenting the project's history and technical details.

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  • OpenClaw is an open-source recreation of the Captain Claw game engine from 1997
  • The project enables the classic platformer game to run on modern operating systems
  • It is a community-driven reverse engineering and reimplementation effort
  • The project has no direct relevance to AI safety or alignment research

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Open-source autonomous AI assistant software

| OpenClaw |
| --- |
| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Openclaw-logo-text-dark.png/330px-Openclaw-logo-text-dark.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Openclaw-logo-text-dark.png) |
| Other names | Clawdbot (original)<br>Moltbot (renamed on<br>January 27, 2026) |
| [Developer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer "Programmer") | [Peter Steinberger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steinberger_(programmer) "Peter Steinberger (programmer)") |
| Initial release | November 24, 2025; 3 months ago (2025-11-24) (as Clawdbot) |
| Written in | [TypeScript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeScript "TypeScript")<br>[Swift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(programming_language) "Swift (programming language)") |
| [Operating system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system "Operating system") | Cross-platform |
| [Type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches "Software categories") | [AI agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_agent "AI agent")<br>[Autonomous agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_agent "Autonomous agent")<br>Autonomous personal<br>assistant |
| [License](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license "Software license") | [MIT License](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License "MIT License") |
| Website | [openclaw.ai](https://openclaw.ai/) |
| [Repository](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_(version_control) "Repository (version control)") | [github.com/openclaw/openclaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) |

**OpenClaw** (formerly **Clawdbot,** **Moltbot,** and **Molty**) is a [free and open-source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software "Free and open-source software") autonomous [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") [agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_agent "AI agent") developed by Peter Steinberger. It is an [autonomous agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_agent "Autonomous agent") that can execute tasks via [large language models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model "Large language model") (LLMs), using messaging platforms as its main user interface.

OpenClaw achieved popularity in late-January 2026, credited to its open source nature and the viral popularity of the [Moltbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltbook "Moltbook") project. On February 14, 2026, Steinberger announced he will be joining [OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI "OpenAI") and the project will be moved to an open-source foundation.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenClaw#cite_note-Steinberger_joins_OpenAI-1)

## History

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