Installation

Installing OpenClaw on your server.

Automatic install

SSH into your VPS, then run:

curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

This script handles everything automatically:

• Checks and installs Node.js 22+ if needed
• Installs Git if missing
• Installs OpenClaw via npm
• Launches the configuration wizard (onboarding)

⚠️ The onboarding will ask for your API key and Telegram token. If you don’t have those yet, continue with the next sections and come back to run openclaw onboard.

Verify the installation

openclaw --version
# Should print: 2026.2.13 (or newer)