# ClawWork vs OpenClaw

> Side-by-side comparison of two projects in the OpenClaw ecosystem.

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| Field | ClawWork | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | OpenClaw as your AI coworker | The OG self-hosted AI super-agent |
| Language | python | typescript |
| Status | active | active |
| Stars | 8.1k | 372k |
| Forks | 1044 | 77049 |
| Open issues | 36 | 7041 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-03-03T15:32:37Z | 2026-05-15T16:50:31Z |
| 7d growth | 24 | 3106 |
| MCP support | no | yes |
| Requires LLM | yes | yes |
| Platforms | server | server |
| Categories | productivity, automation | reference, self-hosted |
| Health score | 55/100 | 95/100 |
| Leaderboard rank | #16 | #1 |

## Key differences

- OpenClaw has 46x more stars (372k vs 8.1k), indicating significantly broader adoption.
- OpenClaw is growing faster with +3.1k stars this week vs +24 for ClawWork.
- ClawWork is written in Python while OpenClaw uses TypeScript, which may influence your choice depending on your stack.
- OpenClaw was updated today, while ClawWork's last commit was 73 days ago.
- OpenClaw has MCP (Model Context Protocol) support while ClawWork does not.
- ClawWork focuses on productivity, automation while OpenClaw targets reference, self-hosted.

## Descriptions

### ClawWork

Task-focused agent framework from the HKUDS team (creators of Nanobot)

### OpenClaw

The original. Self-hosted AI super-agent platform. Formerly Clawdbot, then Moltbot. The project that started it all.