🩺 OpenClaw Guardian Daemon

Your OpenClaw,
always online

Watchdog daemon for OpenClaw. Detects crashes, restarts the gateway automatically, and notifies you — zero configuration, zero babysitting.

Get Started → ⭐ GitHub
# Install and start monitoring
npm install -g openclaw-cli
openclaw-cli watch -d
✓ Doctor is watching your OpenClaw service
✓ Background daemon started (PID 48291)
openclaw-cli status
Gateway ● online :18789
Channels ✓ feishu ✓ telegram
Install as any name
All package names point to the same tool. Pick the one that feels right.
openclaw-cli
The main CLI — monitoring, gateway control, diagnostics, and web dashboard.
primary
openclaw-doctor
Health-check daemon that auto-restarts the gateway when it goes down.
openclaw-manage
Service lifecycle management — start, stop, restart, and status.
openclaw-monitor
Lightweight process monitor with configurable check intervals.
openclaw-gateway
Direct gateway control commands — lower-level than openclaw-manage.
openclaw-watch
File and process watcher, triggers on gateway state changes.
openclaw-utils
Shared utilities used across all openclaw-* packages.
hello-claw
Friendly alias package with the same runtime as openclaw-cli.
Demo
Real CLI workflow using openclaw-cli.
openclaw-cli demo
Install
Pick your preferred method.
npm
npx
Homebrew
npm install -g openclaw-cli

# then
openclaw-cli watch -d

Requires Node.js ≥ 22. macOS and Linux supported. Windows coming soon.

Download
Native apps — menubar guardian (macOS) and CLI runner (Windows).
🍎
macOS (Apple Silicon)
Menubar app · Swift native · ~50 KB DMG
v0.4.0
 🪟
Windows (x64)
CLI standalone · Node.js packed · ~36 MB exe
v0.4.0

Or install via npm: npm install -g openclaw-cli