Three things make it insanely different:

1. Agents do work, not just talk — ReAct + Plan-and-Execute. Not one-shot answers — iterative reasoning that actually completes tasks
2. Knowledge is shaped, not just stored — An LLM Wiki that digests raw material into structured, linked pages. The difference between a warehouse and a library
3. End-to-end, no compromises — Web console, desktop app, 7 IM channels, tool guardrails, enterprise auth. One team, one deployment, one experience

Why MateClaw

Most AI tools do one thing well. MateClaw does the whole thing.

| Capability | MateClaw | OpenClaw | CoPaw | QClaw | Claude Code | Cursor | Windsurf | |:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | Agent Orchestration | ReAct + Plan-Execute | Multi-agent teams | Multi-agent collab | Specialist agents | Agent Teams + subagents | Background Agents (cloud VM) | Cascade engine | | Knowledge System | LLM Wiki (digestion) | Intelligence Mode + Wiki | Personal KB | Knowledge graph | CLAUDE.md (no RAG) | Codebase indexing | No | | Memory | Extract + Consolidate + Dream | SQLite + Dreaming + Wiki | ReMe (hybrid retrieval) | 3-layer memory | 3-layer (CLAUDE.md + auto + files) | No persistent memory | Memories (~48h learning) | | Tool Guard & Approval | RBAC + approval flow | HITL + risk levels | No | No | Permissions + Sandbox + Hooks | No | Turbo Mode (auto-approve) | | Multi-Channel IM | 7 channels | 25+ channels | 7 channels | 5 channels | 3 channels (preview) | IDE only | IDE only | | Web Management UI | Full admin dashboard | Control UI | Console UI | Dashboard | Enterprise dashboard | No | No | | Desktop App | Electron + bundled JRE | macOS menu bar | Electron (Beta) | Win/Mac app | Claude Desktop (Mac/Win) | VS Code fork | VS Code fork | | Multimodal Creation | TTS/STT/Img/Music/Video | TTS/Video/Music/Image | Vision input | No | Vision input only | No | No | | Skill Ecosystem | ClawHub marketplace | ClawHub registry | Python skills | Templates | 340+ plugins, 1300+ skills | MCP marketplace | MCP one-click | | Enterprise Auth | RBAC + JWT | Basic (password) | Basic auth | No | SSO/SCIM/RBAC | SSO + Teams | Teams plan | | Open Source | Apache 2.0 | MIT | Apache 2.0 | Partial | No (source-available) | No | No | | Pricing | Free | Free | Free | Free (beta) | $20–200/mo | $0–200/mo | $0–200/mo | | Tech Stack | Java + Vue 3 | TypeScript | Python + TS | OpenClaw fork | TypeScript | Electron (VS Code) | Electron (VS Code) |

What makes MateClaw different?

Every product in this table is genuinely strong. Here's where MateClaw carves its own space:

• Plan-and-Execute orchestration — Break complex work into ordered steps, execute each, adapt mid-flight. Others have multi-agent, but structured task planning with dynamic replanning is rare
• LLM Wiki that digests, not just retrieves — Others index and search. MateClaw's Wiki turns raw material into structured, linked pages with summaries — a search engine vs. an encyclopedia
• Java ecosystem — Built for teams already running Spring Boot in production. One JAR, one deploy. No Python runtime, no Node.js dependency chain
• Complete admin dashboard — Agents, models, tools, skills, channels, security, cron jobs, token usage — all in one web UI. Not a CLI-first afterthought
• Full multimodal creation — TTS, STT, image, music, and video generation as first-class built-in features. OpenClaw matches here; most others don't
• Free and open, no asterisks — Apache 2.0. No token billing, no seat pricing, no feature gating. Claude Code starts at $20/mo, Cursor and Windsurf up to $200/mo

Architecture

Core Capabilities

Agent Runtime

• ReAct agents — Think, act, observe, repeat. Iterative reasoning that gets things done
• Plan-and-Execute — Decompose complex work into ordered steps, then execute each one
• Dynamic configuration — Load agent personality, tools, and constraints from the database at runtime
• Runtime resilience — Context pruning, smart truncation, stale stream cleanup, and recovery

Knowledge & Memory

• LLM Wiki — AI-powered knowledge base that digests raw materials into structured, linked pages with summaries
• Workspace memory — AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, PROFILE.md, MEMORY.md, daily notes
• Memory lifecycle — Post-conversation extraction, scheduled consolidation, dreaming workflows
• Compound memory — Understanding improves over time instead of resetting every query

Tools, Skills & MCP

• Built-in tools — Web search, file ops, memory access, date/time, and more
• MCP integration — stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP transports
• Skill system — Installable SKILL.md packages with ClawHub marketplace
• Tool guard — Approval flows, file-path protection, runtime filtering

Multimodal Creation

Text-to-speech · Speech-to-text · Image generation · Music generation · Video generation

Model Flexibility

14+ providers including DashScope, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, Ollama, LM Studio, MLX, and more. Configure everything in the web UI.

Surfaces

• Web console — Chat, agents, tools, skills, knowledge, models, security, settings
• Desktop app — Electron with bundled JRE 21, no Java installation needed
• Channels — DingTalk, Feishu, WeChat Work, Telegram, Discord, QQ

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Java 17+ · Node.js 18+ · pnpm · Maven 3.9+

Local Development

# Backend
cd mateclaw-server
mvn spring-boot:run          # http://localhost:18088

# Frontend
cd mateclaw-ui
pnpm install && pnpm dev     # http://localhost:5173

Login: admin / admin123

Docker

cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d          # http://localhost:18080

Desktop App

Download from GitHub Releases. Bundles JRE 21 — no Java needed.

Tech Stack

| Layer | Technology | |-------|------------| | Backend | Spring Boot 3.5 · Spring AI Alibaba 1.1 | | Agent | StateGraph Runtime | | Database | H2 (dev) / MySQL 8.0+ (prod) | | ORM | MyBatis Plus 3.5 | | Auth | Spring Security + JWT | | Frontend | Vue 3 · TypeScript · Vite | | UI | Element Plus · TailwindCSS 4 | | Desktop | Electron · electron-updater |

Project Structure

mateclaw/
├── mateclaw-server/     Spring Boot backend
├── mateclaw-ui/         Vue 3 SPA frontend
├── mateclaw-desktop/    Electron desktop app
├── docker-compose.yml
└── .env.example

Documentation

Full docs at claw.mate.vip/docs

Roadmap

• Richer multi-agent collaboration
• Smarter model routing
• Deeper multimodal understanding
• Stronger long-term memory
• Richer ClawHub ecosystem

Contributing

git clone https://github.com/matevip/mateclaw.git
cd mateclaw
cd mateclaw-server && mvn clean compile
cd ../mateclaw-ui && pnpm install && pnpm dev

Why The Name

Mate is companion. Claw is capability.

A system that stays with you, and a system that grabs work and moves it.

License

Apache License 2.0