OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by lm28469 » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #7

What is an effective use case? I have set it up but I don't know what to do with it. Just a personal assistant (if you were to give it access to your stuff)? Mine is caged in a VLAN with only internet access.

Wannabe Tony Stark love these gadgets, and there are a lot of them out there. Just look at what tech content is trending on youtube &co these days, we got gangrened by influencers like most other hobbies/lucrative industries

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by ch4s3 » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #25

ch4s3 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not with that attitude it can't!

Now I have this terrible idea: const openClawInstance = useOpenClaw(config); Did anyone already vibe-code such silliness? If not, I want to give it a try.

I'd love to read about that going super sideways. Bonus points if you run it in a webworker like those crypto miners.

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by polytely » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC

when i use claude opus via opencode/openrouter i'm sometimes suprised by how quickly costs can get out of hand. What are the costs of running openClaw, it seems like it would get crazy expensive crazy fast?

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by laweijfmvo » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC

Does this mean that the creator of OpenClaw qualifies for that free Claude Max trial?

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by arewethereyeta » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC

sumeno wrote: post #26

sschueller wrote: post #7

What is an effective use case? I have set it up but I don't know what to do with it. Just a personal assistant (if you were to give it access to your stuff)? Mine is caged in a VLAN with only internet access.

Separating fools from their money and data

you're talking about a free tool you know that right?

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by SecretDreams » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

japhyr wrote: post #31

croes wrote: post #15

The final proof that Github stars are a useless metric

I have a friend who's fond of saying, "GitHub stars are great for measuring the number of GitHub stars a project has."

Well, they're not wrong!

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by mister_mort » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

hansonkd wrote: post #43

root_axis wrote: post #28

I don't believe the activity on this repo is legitimate by any means.

Agents will dominate the internet and open source code in a few years.

"Dead Internet Theory" is, even if it wasn't real 5 years ago, now hyperstitioned into truthfulness as the days go on.

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by mccoyb » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

GitHub has a bot problem: https://github.com/trending

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by h1fra » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

This is going to be the most starred and unused repo very quickly. The hype is already fading, as expected

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by bwb » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC

I'm blown away by the comments. This is a cool project someone created with clear warnings about its current state (beta), and the community is being utterly disrespectful. They are building something that many people find useful/fascinating/intriguing/fun.

Come on HN.