OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

whit537

Yes, stars are a popularity contest. No open source project has ever become this popular this quickly.

chromehearts

I don't know but this AI wrapper tool will never create something life changing imo.. But that stargraph is ridiculous .. absolutely crazy

halicarnassus

Maybe a bunch of AI agents ganged up on starring it to help a fellow AI out?

monax

How many of theses are just OpenClaw agents staring the repo ?

kmaitreys

Relevant https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36151140

sschueller

What is an effective use case? I have set it up but I don't know what to do with it. Just a personal assistant (if you were to give it access to your stuff)? Mine is caged in a VLAN with only internet access.

ZiiS

My React website can't star React on GitHub.

xnx

Is staring the repo the "hello world" for a new OpenClaw install? #growthhack

croes

The final proof that Github stars are a useless metric

12ajsh

The ruling party in East Germany always had 99% of the popular vote. Steinberger and his VC club on Twitter were so salty about HN not understanding his grand creation that something needed to be done.

goodmodule

even more GitHub stars after this post in 3 2 1

root_axis

I don't believe the activity on this repo is legitimate by any means.

indigodaddy

And I still would not touch it even with my mother in law's 100 foot stick

wolvesechoes

Totally grassroot

liveoneggs

in what sense is this software not a virus?

Upvoter33

Honestly this thread was been one of the funniest HN threads I've seen. So much gold in here - for which I thank you all. "My React website can't star React" "in what sense is this software not a virus?" "GitHub stars are great for measuring the number of GitHub stars a project has" etc. All gold.

alansaber

Well deserved, the best written piece of software ever.

sgalbincea

This is going to be more profitable for the public AI companies than cell phone minutes and SMS limits were for the telcos. It's a brilliant business move, given that hardly anyone is competent enough to recognize the gross inefficiencies in the code and prompts.

polytely

when i use claude opus via opencode/openrouter i'm sometimes suprised by how quickly costs can get out of hand. What are the costs of running openClaw, it seems like it would get crazy expensive crazy fast?

laweijfmvo

Does this mean that the creator of OpenClaw qualifies for that free Claude Max trial?