DashBot

A real-time dashboard that gives you a window into your OpenClaw AI assistant — chat, monitor status, and interact with agent-driven cards from any browser.

• Connected: Plugs into your OpenClaw gateway via the dashbot-openclaw plugin for live two-way communication.
• Mobile-first: Designed for Tesla browsers, phones, and tablets — works great on desktop too.
• Extensible: Widget system for custom status panels, agentic cards, and integrations.

How It Works

graph TD
    Dashboard["🖥️ Dashboard"]
    DashBot["⚡ DashBot"]
    Plugin["🔌 dashbot-openclaw plugin"]
    Gateway["🤖 OpenClaw Gateway"]

    Dashboard <--> DashBot
    DashBot <--> Plugin
    Plugin <--> Gateway

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Your OpenClaw AI agent runs on the gateway. The dashbot-openclaw plugin connects it to DashBot over WebSockets, streaming chat messages, status updates, and agentic card interactions in real time. Open the dashboard in any browser to see what your agent is up to.

Screenshots

Chat	Status	Settings

Features

• 💬 Chat — Talk to your AI agent with real-time streaming responses
• 📊 Status dashboard — Monitor agent health, memory, token usage, and cron jobs
• 🎯 Agentic cards — Interactive prompt/response widgets for structured AI actions
• 🔌 OpenClaw plugin — Drop-in integration via dashbot-openclaw
• 🔐 QR code login — Scan to authenticate from any device
• 🌙 Dark mode — Full theme support with system preference detection
• 📱 Responsive — Mobile-first design that scales to desktop

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Ruby 4.0+
• Node.js 22+
• SQLite3

Setup

git clone https://github.com/wembledev/dashbot.git
cd dashbot
bin/setup              # install deps, prepare DB

Or step by step:

bundle install && npm install
cp .env.example .env
bin/rails db:prepare

Configure .env:

DASHBOT_PASSWORD=<pick a password>
DASHBOT_API_TOKEN=<generate with: ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(32)">

Run

bin/dev                # Rails on :3000, Vite HMR on :5173

Open http://localhost:3000 and log in.

Connect Your Agent

DashBot connects to your AI assistant via the dashbot-openclaw plugin. Install the plugin into your OpenClaw gateway, point it at your DashBot instance, and you're live. See the plugin README for setup.

Testing

bin/rails test         # Rails (Minitest)
npm test               # Frontend (Vitest)
npm run check          # TypeScript type checking
bin/rubocop            # Ruby linting
bin/ci                 # Full CI suite

Deployment

DashBot deploys as a standard Rails 8 app with SQLite. See docs/deployment.md for Docker, Kamal, and Dokku instructions.

Architecture

DashBot is a Rails 8 monolith with a React frontend, connected via Inertia.js:

Layer	Technology
Backend	Rails 8.1, Ruby 4.0, SQLite3
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Vite 7, Tailwind v4
Bridge	Inertia.js (server-driven SPA)
UI	shadcn/ui, Lucide icons
Real-time	Action Cable (Solid Cable in production)
Jobs	Solid Queue
Caching	Solid Cache
Server	Puma + Thruster

Documentation

Doc	Contents
OpenClaw Integration	Architecture, ChatChannel, connection auth, plugin setup
REST API	Endpoint reference with request/response examples
Deployment	Docker, Kamal, Dokku, persistent storage

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repo and create your branch from main
2. Add tests for any new functionality
3. Ensure the test suite passes (bin/ci)
4. Open a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.