# Moltis vs OpenClaw

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

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| Field | Moltis | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Zero unsafe, full audit trail | The OG self-hosted AI super-agent |
| Language | rust | typescript |
| Status | active | active |
| Stars | 2.7k | 372k |
| Forks | 314 | 77049 |
| Open issues | 61 | 7041 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-05-15T16:44:40Z | 2026-05-15T16:50:31Z |
| 7d growth | 25 | 3106 |
| MCP support | yes | yes |
| Requires LLM | yes | yes |
| Platforms | server | server |
| Categories | security, audit | reference, self-hosted |
| Health score | 90/100 | 95/100 |
| Leaderboard rank | #19 | #1 |

## Key differences

- OpenClaw has 139x more stars (372k vs 2.7k), indicating significantly broader adoption.
- OpenClaw is growing faster with +3.1k stars this week vs +25 for Moltis.
- Moltis is written in Rust while OpenClaw uses TypeScript, which may influence your choice depending on your stack.
- Moltis focuses on security, audit while OpenClaw targets reference, self-hosted.

## Descriptions

### Moltis

Zero unsafe Rust with built-in voice I/O and MCP support. Every action logged, every permission earned.

### OpenClaw

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