The server-side hub that connects your OpenClaw node to the outside world
The OpenClaw Gateway is the server component that handles all incoming messages, routes them to the correct agent session, manages connections to external services, and processes responses. It acts as the central hub between your AI agent and every channel it communicates on.
The gateway runs as a persistent server process, maintaining WebSocket or HTTP connections to chat platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.), receiving messages, passing them to the agent, and returning responses. It handles authentication, message queuing, rate limiting, and session management. Without a running gateway, your OpenClaw agent cannot receive or send messages.
The gateway is the infrastructure layer that makes 24/7 operation possible. Keeping a gateway online reliably is the primary operational challenge of self-hosting OpenClaw. Clawfleet manages your gateway entirely — handling restarts, uptime monitoring, and failover so you never have to think about it.
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