One-command installer
Run OpenClaw on Chutes.Your self-hosted AI assistant, in the chats you already use.
OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant whose gateway connects agents to chat channels such as Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp. This installer sets it up with Chutes as the model provider, so your agents run on open-source models served through the Chutes OpenAI-compatible API.
Get started in one command
Terminal
curl -fsSL https://chutes.ai/openclaw/init | shSign in to generate a pre-authenticated install command.
How it works
From install to a running gateway and a first reply from Chutes.
01
Install
Run one command on macOS, Linux, or Windows (PowerShell). It checks for Node.js and npm, then installs the openclaw package from npm.
02
Authenticate
Create a key at chutes.ai/app/settings/api-keys, then paste it when prompted or set CHUTES_API_KEY before running the command. Signed in? Generate a pre-authenticated command on this page.
03
Chat
The installer starts the gateway on localhost:18789 and sends a test prompt through Chutes. Then talk to your agent with openclaw tui or connect a chat channel.
What you get
Your assistant, in your chats
OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant. Its gateway runs on your own machine and connects agents to chat channels such as Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
Chutes preconfigured
The installer adds Chutes as an OpenAI-compatible provider at https://llm.chutes.ai/v1 and loads the current model list from GET /v1/models.
Local gateway
The gateway binds to localhost on port 18789. Open the control UI with openclaw dashboard, chat in the terminal with openclaw tui, and check health with openclaw status --all.
Model list updates
The installer writes an update script to ~/.openclaw that refreshes the Chutes model list, and offers to schedule it to run every 4 hours.
Learn more
OpenClaw is open source. Explore the code, report issues, or read the OpenClaw docs. Prefer to edit the provider config by hand? Follow the manual OpenClaw setup guide.