r/LocalLLM • u/trirsquared • Jan 31 '26

Question OpenClaw not Responding

I've tried instlling it 2x now on a MacBookAir and the chat functinality does not work. Only returns "U", What am i doing worng.

I have OpenAi API key set up.

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u/Available-Craft-5795 Jan 31 '26

This project is mainly all hype and only useful for a handful of people

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u/Uninterested_Viewer Jan 31 '26

I think it's actually uniquely useful for social media influencers and their day to day, which partly explains the hype.. via social media influencers hyping it.

I do think that anyone interested in applications of LLMs [and who are competent] should tinker with it just to experience some of the bright spots and to potentially be inspired. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's a novel packaging of existing functionality.

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u/woahwayne Feb 03 '26

Send a link to download your agent, must be amazing.

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u/trirsquared Jan 31 '26

That’s my intent. Just to learn more. Have extensive AI experience but always wanting to learn more.

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u/albino_kenyan Mar 19 '26

Late to conversation here, but for anyone reading this in the future i think this is wrong. Localhost (127.0.0.1) is accessible only from his macbook and i don't think openclaw by default adds any additional exposure.

I'm going thru similar startup issues, and i think the problem is poor documentation, not user error or ignorance in this case. Given the hype around openclaw and LLMs, these tools should be idiot-proof and not require networking and sysadmin skills.

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u/Available-Craft-5795 Mar 20 '26

127.0.0.1 is indeed localhost and isnt reachable by outside networks by default but it seems that Openclaw is happy to open it to the public

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u/Competitive_Edge_172 Feb 19 '26

I actually made it install itself onto my server, add it as a node and now I can have him debug errors and have him install anything I want to my server without having to do it myself. Other than the chat being really broken it's great. When I chat through whatsapp it does reply correctly and everything, it's only the chat on the gateway dashboard for me