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MateClaw
Build AI that thinks, acts, remembers, and ships.
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An AI agent. A knowledge engine. A memory system. A tool runtime. A multi-channel presence.
One product. The whole widget.
MateClaw is a personal AI operating system built with Java + Vue 3, powered by Spring AI Alibaba. It's not a chatbox, not a workflow builder, not just another coding assistant. It's the entire system — from reasoning to remembering to shipping — in one deployment.
Three things make it insanely different:
- Agents do work, not just talk — ReAct + Plan-and-Execute. Not one-shot answers — iterative reasoning that actually completes tasks
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Agent Orchestration | ReAct + Plan-Execute | Single agent | Single agent | Single agent | Parallel agents | Background agents | Cascade engine |
| LLM Wiki Knowledge Base | Yes | No | No | Knowledge graph | No | No | No |
| Compound Memory | Extract + Consolidate + Dream | Plugin-based | ReMe memory | Plugin-based | Auto-memory | No | Session only |
| Tool Guard & Approval | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multi-Channel IM | 7 channels | 25+ channels | 5+ channels | WeChat/QQ | Terminal only | IDE only | IDE only |
| Web Management UI | Full dashboard | No | Limited | No | No | No | No |
| Desktop App | Electron + JRE | CLI | CLI | CLI | CLI | Yes | Yes |
| Multimodal Creation | TTS/STT/Img/Music/Video | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Skill Marketplace | ClawHub | Plugin system | Python skills | Templates | MCP skills | No | MCP |
| Enterprise Auth | RBAC + JWT | No | No | No | No | Teams plan | Teams plan |
| Open Source | Apache 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Partial | CLI only | No | No |
| Pricing | Free | Free | Free | Unreleased | Token-based | $0–200/mo | $0–60/mo |
The difference: OpenClaw gives you channels. Claude Code gives you a terminal. Cursor gives you an editor. MateClaw gives you an AI operating system — agents that reason, remember, create, and show up everywhere your work happens. With a management dashboard. For free.
Architecture
Technical 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.mdpackages 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.