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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:

  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 Parallel agents Background agents Cascade engine
Knowledge System LLM Wiki (digestion) Intelligence Mode + Wiki Personal KB Knowledge graph No No No
Memory Extract + Consolidate + Dream SQLite + Dreaming + Wiki ReMe (hybrid retrieval) 3-layer memory Auto-memory No Session only
Tool Guard & Approval RBAC + approval flow HITL + risk levels No No No No No
Multi-Channel IM 7 channels 25+ channels 7 channels 5 channels Terminal only IDE only IDE only
Web Management UI Full admin dashboard Control UI Console UI Dashboard No No No
Desktop App Electron + bundled JRE macOS menu bar Electron (Beta) Win/Mac app CLI Yes Yes
Multimodal Creation TTS/STT/Img/Music/Video TTS/Video/Music/Image Vision input No No No No
Skill Ecosystem ClawHub marketplace ClawHub registry Python skills Templates MCP skills No MCP
Enterprise Auth RBAC + JWT Basic (password) Basic auth No No Teams plan Teams plan
Open Source Apache 2.0 MIT Apache 2.0 Partial CLI only No No
Pricing Free Free Free Free (beta) Token-based $0200/mo $060/mo
Tech Stack Java + Vue 3 TypeScript Python + TS OpenClaw fork TypeScript Electron Electron

What makes MateClaw different?

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

  • Plan-and-Execute orchestration — Not just ReAct loops. Break complex work into ordered steps, execute each one, adapt the plan mid-flight. Most competitors stop at single-turn agent calls
  • LLM Wiki that digests, not just retrieves — Others index and search. MateClaw's Wiki turns raw material into structured, linked pages with summaries — the difference between a search engine and an encyclopedia
  • Java ecosystem — Built for teams already running Spring Boot in production. No Python runtime, no Node.js dependency chain. One JAR, one deploy
  • Complete admin experience — Full dashboard for agents, models, tools, skills, channels, security, cron jobs, and token usage. Not a CLI-first afterthought
  • Multimodal creation suite — TTS, STT, image, music, and video generation built in. Not plugins — first-class features
  • Free, forever — Apache 2.0. No token-based billing, no per-seat pricing, no feature gating

Architecture

Business Architecture

Technical 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 memoryAGENTS.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