MacOS install

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You’re not being stupid — the macOS app isn’t distributed as a “go to website → download DMG” thing (at least not consistently).

What to do:

• Check GitHub Releases: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases
  Open the latest release → Assets. If there’s a mac build, it’s usually an OpenClaw-<version>.zip (sometimes a DMG is attached, but zip is the common one). Unzip → drag OpenClaw.app to /Applications.

• If you don’t see any macOS asset on the latest release, then there isn’t a DMG/zip published for that version — in that case you’ll need to run from source (docs here): https://docs.openclaw.ai/platforms/macos

Are you trying to install the menu bar app specifically, or just get the Gateway running on macOS?

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Trying to run the gateway on MacOS

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If you only want the Gateway on macOS: there usually isn’t a DMG for that — the Gateway runs via the OpenClaw CLI (Node).

Fast path (local Gateway on your Mac)

1. Install Node 22+ (required)
2. Install the CLI:

npm install -g openclaw@latest
# (pnpm also works; bun is not recommended for the Gateway runtime)

3. Run the onboarding wizard (sets up config + starts the gateway + offers to install the macOS LaunchAgent):

openclaw onboard --flow quickstart
# or just: openclaw onboard

Verify it’s running