Talons is a modern, enterprise-grade web-based control center for OpenClaw. Built with Next.js 15, React 19, and Horizon UI, it provides a premium interface to orchestrate your AI agents, manage plugins, build knowledge bases, and monitor gateway health with unparalleled efficiency.
Important
License Note: This platform is provided for Personal and Non-Commercial Research purposes only. Commercial use, redistribution for profit, or use of the software for commercial services is strictly prohibited.
- 🚀 Real-time Gateway Monitoring: Seamlessly track OpenClaw Gateway connectivity, latency, and status via a high-performance proxy.
- 🤖 Agent Lifecycle Management: Full control over AI agents, including configuration, individual capabilities, and real-time interaction.
- 🧩 OpenClaw Plugin Ecosystem: Complete plugin management system. Features include dynamic configuration forms (via
uiHints), CLI-based synchronization, and lifecycle control. - 📚 Advanced Knowledge Base:
- Hierarchical Structure: Organize documents in multi-level nested directories.
- Multi-format Parsing: Native support for PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and Markdown.
- Granular Permissions: Public/Private visibility and agent-specific read/write access control.
- Semantic Retrieval: Two-stage RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) with PageIndex-style structural indexing.
- 🔍 Unified Global Search: Lightning-fast, platform-wide search for quickly locating agents, plugins, and documents.
- 🛡️ Enterprise RBAC: Robust Role-Based Access Control to manage users and secure your AI infrastructure.
- ⏰ Visual Cron Scheduling: A comprehensive dashboard to schedule, monitor, and toggle automated tasks.
- 💬 Premium Chat UI: A responsive, integrated interface for direct, low-latency communication with your AI agents.
- 🔐 Secure Identity: Device-level verification using ed25519 signing and challenge-response protocols.
- 🌗 Responsive Dark Mode: A stunning, developer-first design that adapts perfectly to any lighting environment.
Check out the Talons Platform Screenshots for a visual overview of the interface and features.
- Framework: Next.js 15 (App Router) & React 19
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- Database: SQLite with Drizzle ORM
- UI Architecture: Horizon UI (React Tailwind Version)
- Communication: WebSockets & Socket.IO for real-time state synchronization
- Engine: Node.js with native module support (Pty, Libsql)
- Node.js: v20 or higher (Recommended for React 19 compatibility)
- Package Manager: pnpm (Mandatory for workspace management)
- OpenClaw: A running OpenClaw instance
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/seboluo/talons.git cd talons -
Install dependencies:
pnpm install
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Database Setup:
npx drizzle-kit push
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Environment Configuration: Talons centralizes configuration at
~/.talons/.env. Link it for development:ln -s ~/.talons/.env .env.local
- Development Mode:
pnpm dev - Electron (Desktop):
pnpm electron:dev - Build & Package:
pnpm electron:build(Handles multi-arch compilation automatically)
src/app/openclaw: Core domains (Agents, Plugins, Knowledge, Chat, Cron).plugins/: Definitions and UI metadata for OpenClaw extensions.electron-src/: Desktop integration and native bridge logic.src/lib/knowledge: Document parsing, indexing, and retrieval engines.src/db: Database schema and migrations.
Talons follows a date-based release cycle (e.g., v2026.3.26). Versions are automatically updated via scripts/update-version.js during the pre-build phase.
- Multi-OS Support: Currently only verified on macOS (Apple Silicon). Testing and adaptation for Windows and Linux are ongoing.
- Plugin Creation: The "New Plugin" feature in the management interface is not yet implemented.
- Desktop Distribution: Electron-based application packaging and distribution setup are in progress.
- IM Channel Support: Only the Feishu channel has been fully verified. Other OpenClaw channels (Telegram, Discord, etc.) require further testing.
Distributed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. See LICENSE for the full legal text. This project prohibits any form of commercialization and is intended for individual research only.
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