AirClaw ⚡

Run OpenClaw on ANY GPU with zero API cost

Stop paying $50–$150/month in API bills.
One command → local model on your machine → $0/month. Forever.

Supports RabbitLLM (newer models: Qwen2.5, DeepSeek, Phi-3) and AirLLM as fallback.
Runs 70B models on a 4GB GPU. Works on CPU too.

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Install

pip install airclaw

Or from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/nickzsche21/airclaw.git

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Quick Start

# Full automated setup (do this first — one time only)
airclaw install

# Then in terminal 1:
airclaw start

# Then in terminal 2:
openclaw restart

Done. Your OpenClaw runs locally. Zero API cost.

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Commands

Command	What it does
airclaw install	Full automated setup
airclaw start	Start local LLM server (Mistral 7B default)
airclaw start --model qwen	Start with Qwen2.5
airclaw start --model deepseek	Start with DeepSeek
airclaw patch	Auto-patch OpenClaw config
airclaw patch --config ~/path/config.json	Patch specific config
airclaw restore	Restore original config
airclaw status	Check if server is running

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Models

Flag	Model	VRAM	Speed
7b ← default	Mistral-7B-Instruct	4GB	⚡⚡⚡
8b	Llama-3-8B-Instruct	6GB	⚡⚡⚡
qwen	Qwen2.5-7B	4GB	⚡⚡⚡
deepseek	DeepSeek-7B	4GB	⚡⚡⚡
phi	Phi-3-mini	4GB	⚡⚡⚡ fastest
13b	Llama-2-13B	8GB	⚡⚡
70b	Llama-2-70B	4GB	⚡ slow

Or pass any HuggingFace model ID:

airclaw start --model mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1

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Backends

AirClaw automatically uses the best available backend:

1. RabbitLLM (preferred) — newer models, faster, 4bit compression
2. AirLLM (fallback) — battle-tested, wide compatibility

Install both:

pip install airclaw[all]

Or just one:

pip install airclaw[rabbitllm]
pip install airclaw[airllm]

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How It Works

WhatsApp / Telegram / Discord
         ↓
      OpenClaw
         ↓
  AirClaw (localhost:4096)   ← replaces OpenAI/Claude API
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  RabbitLLM or AirLLM
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  Local model on your GPU/CPU

AirClaw runs an OpenAI-compatible server on localhost. OpenClaw connects to it exactly like OpenAI — but everything runs on your machine.

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Cost

Setup	Monthly
OpenClaw + GPT-4o	$50–$150/mo
OpenClaw + Claude	$30–$120/mo
OpenClaw + AirClaw	$0/mo

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• OpenClaw installed
• 4GB+ GPU (or CPU — slower)
• 8–15GB disk for model weights (downloaded once)

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License

MIT — free forever.

Star ⭐ if this saved you money.