# OpenClawMU

> OpenClawMU is the multi-tenant fork of OpenClaw — a self-hosted AI gateway across WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Teams, Matrix and more. Add tenant isolation, sandboxed agents, per-tenant tokens and quotas, web terminals, and S3 backup. Apache-2.0, self-hosted, no SaaS lock-in.

OpenClawMU is open source (Apache-2.0). The fork lives at
https://github.com/neul-labs/openclawmu; upstream OpenClaw is at https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.
Technical reference documentation: https://docs.openclaw.ai.

## Marketing pages

- [Home](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/): Hero, pillars, channels, comparison, FAQ
- [Why OpenClawMU exists](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/why): The single-user vs cloud-platform vs roll-your-own argument
- [How it works](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/how-it-works): Architecture: gateway, tokens, dispatcher, sandboxes, billing
- [Install](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/install): npm/pnpm/Docker, onboarding wizard, channel pairing
- [Pricing](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/pricing): Free, Apache-2.0, self-hosted
- [For platform builders](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/for-platform-builders): Skip 6–8 weeks of multi-tenant work
- [For hosting providers](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/for-hosting-providers): Run AI assistants as a service
- [For enterprise IT](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/for-enterprise-it): One internal gateway, isolated tenants per team
- [For bot developers](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/for-bot-developers): From single-user prototype to multi-customer product
- [Multi-tenancy](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/multi-tenancy): The isolation model — what's isolated, what's shared
- [Tenants & tokens](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/tenants): Lifecycle: create, rotate, backup, restore, delete
- [Sandboxes](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/sandboxes): Bubblewrap vs Docker per workload
- [Web terminal](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/web-terminal): xterm.js attached to per-tenant sandboxed shells
- [Channels](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/channels): 12+ messaging channels bridged
- [Billing & quotas](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/billing): Per-tenant cost accounting + report generator
- [S3 backup & restore](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/backup): Tenant-portable snapshots, path-traversal hardened
- [Security posture](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/security): Threat model, hardening defaults, disclosure
- [FAQ](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/faq): Organized by topic: project, architecture, ops, security, pricing
- [About](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/about): The project, the maintainer, the bet
- [Contact](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/contact): GitHub, Discord, email, LinkedIn
- [Compare](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/compare): Vs upstream OpenClaw, Botpress, Chatwoot
- [Blog](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog): Long-form articles, RSS at /rss.xml

## Articles

- [What is a multi-tenant AI gateway? The architecture, explained.](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/multi-tenant-ai-gateway-explained): A multi-tenant AI gateway is the layer between your messaging channels and your LLM that isolates per-customer state. Here's how the pattern works, why it matters now, and what a defensible implementation looks like.
- [Self-hosted WhatsApp bot platform: the open-source playbook](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/self-hosted-whatsapp-bot-platform): Run a multi-tenant WhatsApp bot platform on your own infra without the WhatsApp Business API contract. Open-source, BYO-LLM, with per-customer isolation and cost tracking. Here's the architecture.
- [OpenClaw vs OpenClawMU: when to fork from single-user to multi-tenant](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/openclaw-vs-openclawmu): OpenClaw is a brilliant single-user AI gateway. OpenClawMU is the multi-tenant fork. Here's exactly what differs, when the fork is worth it, and how to migrate cleanly without losing state.
- [Tenant isolation for LLM agents: the patterns that actually hold up](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/tenant-isolation-for-llm-agents): Isolating LLM agents per tenant is harder than adding a tenant_id column. Here are the patterns that survive contact with adversarial users, leaky tools, and the inevitable refactor.
- [Bubblewrap vs Docker: choosing a sandbox for AI agent tool calls](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/bubblewrap-vs-docker-sandbox-for-agents): Sandboxing AI-agent tool calls is mandatory. Bubblewrap and Docker are both viable; here's the trade-off matrix on cold start, isolation surface, OS support, and operational complexity — and when each one wins.
- [Per-tenant LLM cost accounting: meter, attribute, charge](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/billing-per-tenant-llm-usage): If you're charging customers for an AI product, you need per-tenant token tracking. Here's the data model, the rate-card pattern, and the integration with Stripe Billing or your invoicing of choice.
- [From personal Telegram bot to multi-customer bot platform: field notes](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/blog/from-personal-bot-to-bot-platform): Field notes on graduating a single-user Telegram bot into a multi-tenant SaaS. The architectural choices that survived, the mistakes that didn't, and the migration timeline.

## Vendor comparisons

- [OpenClawMU vs Botpress — open multi-tenant gateway vs commercial bot SaaS](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/compare/botpress): Botpress is the polished commercial bot platform with a drag-and-drop studio. OpenClawMU is the open-source, self-hosted, code-first alternative for teams that need data residency, BYO-LLM, or per-tenant cost control.
- [OpenClawMU vs upstream OpenClaw](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/compare/openclaw): OpenClaw is the brilliant single-user AI gateway. OpenClawMU is the same code with the multi-tenant surface added — token isolation, sandboxes, quotas, web terminal, S3 backup.
- [OpenClawMU vs Chatwoot — AI gateway vs customer-support inbox](https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/compare/chatwoot): Chatwoot is the open-source customer-support inbox unifying channels for human agents. OpenClawMU is the AI gateway behind autonomous agents. Different layers — sometimes complementary, sometimes overlapping.

## Reference (external)

- Source code: https://github.com/neul-labs/openclawmu
- Upstream OpenClaw: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- Technical docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
- Discord: https://discord.gg/clawd
- RSS feed: https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/rss.xml
- llms-full.txt: https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/llms-full.txt
- Sitemap: https://openclawmu.neullabs.com/sitemap-index.xml