DevOps / SRE / Platform · 27.08.2026, 16:18 UTC
OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.
| Schweregrad | info |
|---|---|
| Kategorie | DevOps / SRE / Platform |
| Quelle | GitHub Blog ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 27.08.2026 UTC |
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What began as a personal experiment quickly became a global open source project with extraordinary momentum.
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant that runs on users’ devices and connects with the messaging channels they already use. Started by Peter Steinberger as a weekend project in November 2025, its GitHub repository has grown to approximately 388,000 stars, 81,000 forks, and more than 80,000 commits by August 26, 2026.
In this video interview, filmed just six months into the project, creator Peter Steinberger and several OpenClaw maintainers discuss managing a surge of pull requests, rethinking contributor trust and code review, addressing software supply chain risks, and balancing powerful agent capabilities with security. They also share security lessons from the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund and the value of connecting with maintainers facing similar challenges. Watch the full video above, then explore the key lessons below.
People in this video
The following maintainers shared their experiences maintaining and securing OpenClaw.
Peter Steinberger, Creator of OpenClaw
Brad Groux, CEO, Digital Meld
Josh Avant, Member of technical staff, OpenClaw Foundation
Josh Lehman, Martian Engineering
Sally O’Malley, Principal software engineer at Red Hat
Val Alexandar, OpenCoven
Vincent Koc, Chief architect, OpenClaw Foundation
Here are the top 10 lessons that we took away from the conversation.
Lessons 1–3: How AI changed contributions and community
1. Pull requests became prompt requests
OpenClaw’s maintainers found themselves managing thousands of pull …