openclaw

Installer for the cmdop CLI — one binary that runs an AI agent on your machine and connects it to your fleet.

pip install openclaw
openclaw

That's it. openclaw detects your platform, downloads the cmdop binary, verifies it against the published checksums, installs it, and hands over.

Not affiliated with the OpenClaw project. If you are looking for github.com/openclaw/openclaw, that is a different project — this package will not install it. This package is published by CMDOP and installs the cmdop CLI.

CMDOP is a messenger for AI agents: you add one executable to a machine you already own, and that machine becomes something you can reach and talk to.

This package is the installer for that executable. It detects your platform, downloads the binary, verifies it against the published checksums, and hands over.

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Why an installer package at all

The binary itself is not written in Python and is not distributed through PyPI. This package exists so that pip install is a valid way to get it on a machine that already has Python — which, on most servers, is the shortest path available.

It is a thin, auditable wrapper: standard library only, no telemetry, nothing executed until you run the command.

What is cmdop

One executable that is the agent, the relay, the local server and the web console at once. There is no gateway, backend, database server or broker to stand up — you add one binary to a machine you already own.

• run an AI agent on your own machine, with your own tools
• reach it from anywhere: terminal, files, remote execution
• connect machines into a fleet
• works with Claude Code and other agent engines under the hood

Full documentation: docs.cmdop.com

Usage

openclaw                    # install cmdop (if needed), then run it
openclaw --install-only     # install, don't hand over
openclaw --prefix ~/bin     # choose the install directory
openclaw --force            # reinstall even if already present
openclaw --quiet            # print only the installed path
openclaw -- --help          # everything after `--` goes to cmdop

Default install directory is ~/.local/bin (%LOCALAPPDATA%\cmdop\bin on Windows). No sudo, no system directories.

What it does, precisely

1. Detects your OS and architecture.
2. Fetches SHA256SUMS from install.cmdop.com.
3. Downloads the matching binary to a temporary file.
4. Verifies the SHA-256 against the published checksum. On mismatch it aborts and installs nothing.
5. Moves the verified binary into the install directory and marks it executable.
6. Runs it.

Supported: macOS (Apple Silicon, Intel), Linux (x64, arm64), Windows (x64).

What it does not do

• No side effects at install time. pip install openclaw only unpacks files. Nothing is downloaded or executed until you run openclaw.
• No network access on import. import openclaw touches nothing.
• No telemetry. The package sends no analytics, ever.
• No dependencies. Standard library only, so there is nothing to conflict with what you already have installed.

Python API

The installer is importable if you would rather script it:

import openclaw

target = openclaw.detect()
print(target.label, target.asset)

result = openclaw.install()
print(result.path, result.sha256)

openclaw.install() raises openclaw.InstallError with a user-facing message on any failure, and openclaw.UnsupportedPlatform when there is no published binary for the current machine.

Links

• Website — https://cmdop.com
• Documentation — https://docs.cmdop.com
• Downloads — https://cmdop.com/download

License

MIT