# NemoClaw vs OpenClaw

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

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| Field | NemoClaw | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | NVIDIA's secure OpenClaw deployment stack | The OG self-hosted AI super-agent |
| Language | javascript | typescript |
| Status | active | active |
| Stars | 20k | 372k |
| Forks | 2666 | 77049 |
| Open issues | 345 | 7041 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-05-15T16:48:03Z | 2026-05-15T16:50:31Z |
| 7d growth | 286 | 3106 |
| MCP support | no | yes |
| Requires LLM | yes | yes |
| Platforms | server, cloud | server |
| Categories | security, enterprise | reference, self-hosted |
| Health score | 80/100 | 95/100 |
| Leaderboard rank | #9 | #1 |

## Key differences

- OpenClaw has 18x more stars (372k vs 20k), indicating significantly broader adoption.
- OpenClaw is growing faster with +3.1k stars this week vs +286 for NemoClaw.
- NemoClaw is written in javascript while OpenClaw uses TypeScript, which may influence your choice depending on your stack.
- NemoClaw uses the Apache-2.0 license while OpenClaw uses MIT.
- OpenClaw has MCP (Model Context Protocol) support while NemoClaw does not.
- NemoClaw focuses on security, enterprise while OpenClaw targets reference, self-hosted.

## Descriptions

### NemoClaw

Open source stack from NVIDIA that wraps OpenClaw in the OpenShell sandbox runtime with policy-based privacy and security guardrails. One-command install, containerized execution, inference routed through NVIDIA cloud.

### OpenClaw

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