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Seb Slight c18452598a docs: restructure Get Started tab and improve onboarding flow (#9950)
* docs: restructure Get Started tab and improve onboarding flow

- Flatten nested Onboarding group into linear First Steps flow
- Add 'What is OpenClaw?' narrative section to landing page
- Split wizard.md into streamlined overview + full reference (reference/wizard.md)
- Move Pairing to Channels > Configuration
- Move Bootstrapping to Agents > Fundamentals
- Move macOS app onboarding to Platforms > macOS companion app
- Move Lore to Help > Community
- Remove duplicate install instructions from openclaw.md
- Mirror navigation changes in zh-CN tabs
- No content deleted — all detail preserved or relocated

* docs: move deployment pages to install/, fix Platforms tab routing, clarify onboarding paths

- Move deployment guides (fly, hetzner, gcp, macos-vm, exe-dev, railway, render,
  northflank) from platforms/ and root to install/
- Add 'Hosting and deployment' group to Install tab
- Slim Gateway & Ops 'Remote access and deployment' down to 'Remote access'
- Swap Platforms tab before Gateway & Ops to fix path-prefix routing
- Move macOS app onboarding into First steps (parallel to CLI wizard)
- Rename sidebar titles to 'Onboarding: CLI' / 'Onboarding: macOS App'
- Add redirects for all moved paths
- Update all internal links (en + zh-CN)
- Fix img tag syntax in onboarding.md
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Platform support overview (Gateway + companion apps)
Looking for OS support or install paths
Deciding where to run the Gateway
Platforms

Platforms

OpenClaw core is written in TypeScript. Node is the recommended runtime. Bun is not recommended for the Gateway (WhatsApp/Telegram bugs).

Companion apps exist for macOS (menu bar app) and mobile nodes (iOS/Android). Windows and Linux companion apps are planned, but the Gateway is fully supported today. Native companion apps for Windows are also planned; the Gateway is recommended via WSL2.

Choose your OS

VPS & hosting

Gateway service install (CLI)

Use one of these (all supported):

  • Wizard (recommended): openclaw onboard --install-daemon
  • Direct: openclaw gateway install
  • Configure flow: openclaw configure → select Gateway service
  • Repair/migrate: openclaw doctor (offers to install or fix the service)

The service target depends on OS:

  • macOS: LaunchAgent (bot.molt.gateway or bot.molt.<profile>; legacy com.openclaw.*)
  • Linux/WSL2: systemd user service (openclaw-gateway[-<profile>].service)