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Linux support + companion app status
Looking for Linux companion app status
Planning platform coverage or contributions
Linux App

Linux App

The Gateway is fully supported on Linux. Node is the recommended runtime. Bun is not recommended for the Gateway (WhatsApp/Telegram bugs).

Native Linux companion apps are planned. Contributions are welcome if you want to help build one.

Beginner quick path (VPS)

  1. Install Node 22+
  2. npm i -g openclaw@latest
  3. openclaw onboard --install-daemon
  4. From your laptop: ssh -N -L 18789:127.0.0.1:18789 <user>@<host>
  5. Open http://127.0.0.1:18789/ and paste your token

Step-by-step VPS guide: exe.dev

Install

Gateway

Gateway service install (CLI)

Use one of these:

openclaw onboard --install-daemon

Or:

openclaw gateway install

Or:

openclaw configure

Select Gateway service when prompted.

Repair/migrate:

openclaw doctor

System control (systemd user unit)

OpenClaw installs a systemd user service by default. Use a system service for shared or always-on servers. The full unit example and guidance live in the Gateway runbook.

Minimal setup:

Create ~/.config/systemd/user/openclaw-gateway[-<profile>].service:

[Unit]
Description=OpenClaw Gateway (profile: <profile>, v<version>)
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/openclaw gateway --port 18789
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Enable it:

systemctl --user enable --now openclaw-gateway[-<profile>].service