OpenClaw Newsletter - 2026-02-12
OpenClaw Newsletter
Thursday, February 12, 2026Top Stories
- Lex Fridman interviews OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger - Major podcast appearance generating significant buzz across Twitter with 568 total engagements. View thread
- NanoClaw solves OpenClaw's biggest security issue - New security solution addressing critical vulnerabilities, gaining traction on Hacker News with 89 engagements. Read more
- HN discussion on real OpenClaw user experiences - Community asking about actual production usage with 121 points and 188 comments on Hacker News. Join discussion
- MoltyTask launches as decentralized marketplace for OpenClaw agents - New platform designed for both humans and AI agents gaining momentum with 362 Twitter engagements. Learn more
- OpenClaw reaches 187k GitHub stars - Project continues rapid growth with 31,550 forks and 508 contributors as community adoption accelerates. Visit repo
Trending on X
- Lex Fridman Interview [TRENDING]: Major podcast featuring OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger generating massive retweets across multiple accounts. 568 total engagement with 284 retweets. View tweet
- Community Meme [TRENDING]: Simple "Just a little OpenClaw" tweet sparking viral engagement. 816 total engagement with 408 retweets showing strong community momentum. View tweet
- 2026 Dev Stack [HOT]: Developer shares "best coding stack" featuring OpenClaw agent swarms with automated monitoring via cron jobs. 32 engagement with growing developer adoption signals. View tweet
- MoltyTask Integration [TRENDING]: Decentralized marketplace announcing OpenClaw integration for AI-powered task automation. 362 total engagement with 181 retweets showing ecosystem growth. View tweet
Releases
Repository Stats Update
• OpenClaw reached 186,939 stars (+16,939 from last report) with 31,550 forks and 508 contributors. View stats
• Open Issues currently at 6,135 — community actively addressing backlog
• Contributors grew to 508 developers participating in the project
Community
- Josephrp's Hugging Face integration: Major PR adds first-class Hugging Face Inference provider support plus Together API fixes — 20 engagement, 10 comments
- saurabhsh5's security hardening: Gateway --harden flag applies comprehensive security controls for production deployments — 10 engagement
- schmiereck's SSH plugin: Stateful SSH Plugin with auto-key detection enables persistent session management like standard SSH clients — 10 engagement
- 35x performance boost: Switch from JSON5.parse to JSON.parse for sessions.json — already merged after quick community validation
- Context decay system: Experimental proactive context management strips/summarizes old content before forced compaction hits — configurable per-channel
News
- Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw users? What's your experience? [TRENDING] — Community discussion about real-world OpenClaw usage experiences gaining significant traction with 121 points and 188 comments
- NanoClaw solves one of OpenClaw's biggest security issues [HOT] — VentureBeat covers how NanoClaw addresses major OpenClaw security vulnerabilities, generating strong community discussion
- How to Deploy OpenClaw Securely on DigitalOcean — Step-by-step tutorial for secure OpenClaw deployment using DigitalOcean's new 1-click droplet integration
- OpenCLAW-SEED-135M Model — New 135M parameter conversational model released on Hugging Face with GGUF quantized version available for local deployment
- OpenClaw on DigitalOcean Marketplace — Official OpenClaw deployment option now available through DigitalOcean's app marketplace for one-click server setup
Security
- CrowdStrike Security Advisory: Security teams must understand OpenClaw's AI agent capabilities and potential attack vectors before deployment. Read the full security guidance
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