# Moltworker vs OpenClaw

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

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| Field | Moltworker | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | OpenClaw in Cloudflare Workers | The OG self-hosted AI super-agent |
| Language | typescript | typescript |
| Status | experimental | active |
| Stars | 9.9k | 369k |
| Forks | 1779 | 76104 |
| Open issues | 93 | 7307 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-04-23T21:16:08Z | 2026-05-06T19:42:42Z |
| 7d growth | 5 | 1935 |
| MCP support | yes | yes |
| Requires LLM | yes | yes |
| Platforms | serverless | server |
| Categories | infrastructure, lightweight | reference, self-hosted |
| Health score | 60/100 | 95/100 |
| Leaderboard rank | #14 | #1 |

## Key differences

- OpenClaw has 37x more stars (369k vs 9.9k), indicating significantly broader adoption.
- OpenClaw is growing faster with +1.9k stars this week vs +5 for Moltworker.
- OpenClaw was updated today, while Moltworker's last commit was 12 days ago.
- Moltworker uses the Apache-2.0 license while OpenClaw uses MIT.
- Moltworker can run serverless while OpenClaw requires persistent infrastructure.
- Moltworker focuses on infrastructure, lightweight while OpenClaw targets reference, self-hosted.

## Descriptions

### Moltworker

Experimental derivative that runs OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot/Clawdbot) in Cloudflare Sandbox containers.

### OpenClaw

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