OpenClaw Maintainer Activity

Evidence report across 92 GitHub repos and maintainer Discord channels. Counts are hard numbers; active maintainers get evidence-backed notes, and quiet maintainers are grouped compactly. Access roster: 45 people / 49 GitHub accounts.

Window
May 7, 2026
As of
Active
30/45
20 Core Staff / 10 Community
GitHub Events
844
maintainer + non-maintainer
Discord
391
messages
PRs Opened
104
82 merged
Issues
3
6 closed
Repos
26
active in shown list
Overview

Global Summary

Codex synthesis
  • Daily Report 2026-05-07 covered 564 GitHub commits, 104 PRs opened, 82 PRs merged, and 391 Discord messages, mostly in #maintainers.
  • Visible activity centered on openclaw/openclaw, Peekaboo, ClawHub, fs-safe, Kova, openclaw-windows-node, and related packaging or safety work.
Hard Numbers

Activity Mix

codex summaries / 20 Discord mapping gaps
Commit Search Hits
564
Issue/PR comments
0
PR review comments
0
Discord messages
391
Releases

Release Signals In This Window

12 active repos matched ReleaseBar for Daily Report 2026-05-07
Tracked active repos
12
Latest releases in window
0
Latest repo updates in window
0
No release recorded
3
Maintainers

People With Access

showing 30 of 30 active
@steipete
Peter Steinberger
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
Peekaboo: 288openclaw: 110crabbox: 26fs-safe: 19 #maintainers: 58#maintainer-offtopic: 1 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal tools

steipete had very high visible activity, with 441 commits and 12 PRs opened across Peekaboo, openclaw, crabbox, fs-safe, and docs. Work touched the GA realtime bridge for gpt-realtime-2, shared plugin runtime helpers, and native sqlite Kysely adapter tests, alongside 59 Discord messages mostly in #maintainers about Agents.MD/system-prompt behavior and Discord link handling.

GitHub470
Commit Search Hits441
PRs29
Issues0
Discord59
@vincentkoc
Vincent Koc
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff securityrelease
openclaw: 45docs: 5clawbench: 3clawhub: 2 #maintainers: 55#maintainer-security-ops: 5 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal toolsowns: Observability, Diag and Telemetryowns: Plugins

vincentkoc was active across openclaw and related docs/tooling repos, with 41 commits, 7 PRs opened, and 14 merged. Focus areas included external plugin repair surfacing, BlueBubbles schema removal, chat-latest model override, npm script shell env sharing, and #maintainers/#maintainer-security-ops coordination around blockers, Blacksmith, and package moves.

GitHub62
Commit Search Hits41
PRs21
Issues0
Discord60
@shakkernerd
Gideon Adegbesan
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff
openclaw: 20Kova: 15 #maintainers: 32

shakkernerd had 34 commits across openclaw and Kova, plus 32 #maintainers messages. Visible work covered Codex OAuth doctor routes, cron model selection checks, diagnostics attribution gaps, chat pending switch lint, report-surface noise, and report paste handoff.

GitHub35
Commit Search Hits34
PRs1
Issues0
Discord32
@pash-openai
Nik Pash
GitHub: @pash-openai / @pashpashpash
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 11 #maintainers: 36 owns: Codex

pash-openai opened 4 PRs and merged 3 in openclaw, focused on Codex routing and dynamic tool behavior: deferring Codex dynamic tools behind search, routing OpenAI agents through Codex by default, and reverting Codex plugin installation on model selection. Discord activity was 36 #maintainers messages about header behavior, migration ergonomics, and testing screenshots/videos.

GitHub11
Commit Search Hits4
PRs7
Issues0
Discord36
@sallyom
Sally O'Malley
Red Hat
Core Staff
openclaw: 16 #maintainers: 4

sallyom opened 5 PRs and merged 7 in openclaw, with work on bounded skills watcher traversal, installer follow-up command output, and Docker CLI DNS override docs. Discord activity was light, focused on whether to preserve a documented trusted-proxy fallback behavior before merging related auth changes.

GitHub16
Commit Search Hits3
PRs13
Issues0
Discord4
@jesse-merhi
Jesse Merhi
Atlassian
Core Staff security
openclaw: 9fs-safe: 5 #maintainers: 8#maintainer-security-ops: 2

jesse-merhi had 11 commits across openclaw and fs-safe, with work on raw socket callsite classification, safe absolute directory creation, HITL lifecycle approval hooks, network CodeQL behavior, generated timestamp preservation, and proxy guard linting. Discord activity included #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops notes around fs-safe usage and automerge expectations.

GitHub14
Commit Search Hits11
PRs3
Issues0
Discord10
@BunsDev
Val Alexander
Independent DevRel / builder
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 16

BunsDev had 6 commits, 2 PRs opened, and 7 PRs merged in openclaw. Visible focus areas included state-aware agent failover and lane suspension, Sessions view bounds, persistent chat context usage, native thinking metadata decoding, and model/tool normalization regressions; no Discord activity was visible.

GitHub16
Commit Search Hits6
PRs10
Issues0
Discord0
@Patrick-Erichsen
Patrick Erichsen
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff release
clawhub: 13 #maintainers: 12 owns: ClawHub

Patrick-Erichsen worked in clawhub, opening 5 PRs and merging 7, with items around RFC community review process docs, entity-scoped moderator commands, and clawhub-mod installer fixes. Discord activity in #maintainers mentioned local testing, an unrelated Codex auth status bug, and continued investigation of openclaw issue #79109.

GitHub13
Commit Search Hits1
PRs12
Issues0
Discord12
@pgondhi987
Pavan Kumar Gondhi
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
openclaw: 15

pgondhi987 had 6 commits, 3 PRs opened, and 6 merged in openclaw. Work focused on plugin callback authorization, requiring admin scope for active-memory global toggles, and owner enforcement for native commands; no Discord activity was visible.

GitHub15
Commit Search Hits6
PRs9
Issues0
Discord0
@obviyus
Ayaan Zaidi
AI startup in pharma drug discovery
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 11 #maintainers: 12 owns: Channel Telegram

obviyus had 6 commits and Telegram-focused openclaw work, including grammY inline keyboard helper usage, provider delivery/auth simplification, avoiding silent fallback after message tool sends, and a changelog note for telegram poll caps. Discord activity in #maintainers discussed reply visibility and visibleReplies policy behavior.

GitHub11
Commit Search Hits6
PRs5
Issues0
Discord12
@amknight
Alex Knight
Atlassian
Core Staff
openclaw: 6 #maintainers: 2 supports: Automation, hooks & jobs (cron)supports: Interfaces (CLI, TUI, Web UI)

amknight had 1 commit, 2 PRs opened, and 3 merged in openclaw, focused on ACP bridge lifecycle handlers, compaction preflight pressure, and msteams replyStyle/thread context docs. Discord activity was small but directly related to expanding openclaw acp coverage and demand for a specific fix.

GitHub6
Commit Search Hits1
PRs5
Issues0
Discord2
@scoootscooob
Scott Fan
Paradigm
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 24

scoootscooob had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 24 #maintainers messages. The visible Discord focus was agent context strategy, dynamic retrieval, and discussion linked to openclaw issue #77908.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord24
@shanselman
Scott Hanselman
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw-windows-node: 6

shanselman had 1 commit and 5 merged PRs in openclaw-windows-node. Work covered canonical command identity, minimum window size/sidebar behavior, video capture frontend, Whisper STT/Piper TTS node capabilities, WebView2 native-SPA bridge wiring, and a merge from origin/master; no Discord activity was visible.

GitHub6
Commit Search Hits1
PRs5
Issues0
Discord0
@kevinslin
Kevin Lin
GitHub: @kevinlin-openai / @kevinslin
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 4 #maintainers: 6

kevinslin had 1 commit, 1 PR opened, and 2 merged in openclaw, focused on keeping gateway watch sync tracing opt-in and surfacing hook model rejection diagnostics. Discord activity in #maintainers discussed follow-up migration/onboarding work and plugin configuration details.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits1
PRs3
Issues0
Discord6
@mcaxtr
Marcus Castro
Unnamed American company
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 4 #maintainers: 4

mcaxtr had 1 commit and 3 merged PRs in openclaw. Visible work included prepared runtime foundation refactoring and WhatsApp fixes for captioned media auto-replies and outbound PN-to-LID mapping; Discord activity was brief and included a note that a bug and fix were reproduced before landing.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits1
PRs3
Issues0
Discord4
@ngutman
Nimrod Gutman
Singular
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 18#maintainer-offtopic: 1

ngutman had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 19 Discord messages across #maintainers and #maintainer-offtopic. The visible #maintainers discussion covered Discord channel replies, message_tool defaults, WhatsApp group behavior, and clarifying the issue being discussed.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord19
@sjf
Sarah Fortune
GitHub: @sjf / @sjf-oa
OpenAI
Core Staff
fs-safe: 3openclaw: 1

sjf had 3 commits in fs-safe and 1 related openclaw merge item. Work focused on bumping the @openclaw/fs-safe pin, Windows 8.3 short-name realpath assertions, POSIX write-path root handling, and Windows CI/test coverage; no Discord activity was visible.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits3
PRs1
Issues0
Discord0
@Evizero
Christof Salis
VertifyMed
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 3 #maintainer-offtopic: 2#maintainers: 1

Evizero had 1 commit and 1 merged PR in openclaw for clearing reset skills snapshots. Discord activity was minimal, with one #maintainers note about realtime voice 2 and two #maintainer-offtopic messages.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits1
PRs2
Issues0
Discord3
@joshavant
Josh Avant
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff security
#maintainers: 11 owns: Security

joshavant had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 11 #maintainers messages. The visible excerpts were operational reactions and a note about keeping an eye on an issue while not jumping into a larger fix at that moment.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord11
@joshp123
Josh Palmer
Anonymous streaming employer dispute
Community Maintainer
nix-openclaw: 1 #maintainers: 3

joshp123 had 1 commit in nix-openclaw to trigger CI after yolo promotion. Discord activity in #maintainers mentioned nix releases being more stable and user happiness, plus brief marketplace/plugin discussion.

GitHub1
Commit Search Hits1
PRs0
Issues0
Discord3
@omarshahine
Omar Shahine
Microsoft
Core Staff
#maintainers: 5

omarshahine had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 5 #maintainers messages. The visible discussion centered on BlueBubbles deprecation status, an iMessage PR stuck in CI, and migration breakage concerns.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord5
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
#maintainers: 4

thewilloftheshadow had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 4 #maintainers messages. The visible excerpts were brief reactions rather than repo-specific work.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord4
@gumadeiras
Gustavo Madeira Santana
Yale University
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 2

gumadeiras had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 2 #maintainers messages. The visible discussion referenced trying something from Peter’s Mac Studio and asking which model was being used.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@jalehman
Josh Lehman
Martian Engineering
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 2

jalehman had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 2 #maintainers messages. The visible discussion mentioned willingness to help and SQLite-backed session/transcript mirroring as a possible reference for similar implementation work.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@velvet-shark
Radek Sienkiewicz
Consulting / DevRel
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 2

velvet-shark had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 2 #maintainers messages. The visible Discord activity shared isitstable.com/openclaw and an X link about something that worked for them.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@galiniliev
Galin Iliev
Microsoft
Core Staff
#maintainers: 1

galiniliev had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 1 #maintainers message. The message discussed reviewing openclaw PR #78678 and a path unification scheme intended to make setup scripting easier.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@hxy91819
Mason Huang
Tencent
Core Staff security
#maintainers: 1

hxy91819 had no visible GitHub activity in this window, but posted 1 #maintainers message. The message was a brief note about being back online after a public holiday and catching up.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
No matching active maintainer in this report.

No visible activity

15 maintainers
  • @altaywtf - Altay
  • @bek91 - Bek Akhmedov
  • @davemorin - Dave Morin
  • @drobison00 - Devin Robison
  • @eleqtrizit - Agustin Rivera
  • @giodl73-repo - Gio Della-Libera
  • @huntharo - Harold Hunt
  • @mbelinky - Mariano Belinky
  • @odysseus0 - George Zhang
  • @onutc - Onur Solmaz
  • @RomneyDa - Dallin Romney
  • @SidU - Sid Uppal
  • @Takhoffman - Tak Hoffman
  • @vignesh07 - Vignesh Natarajan
  • @visionik - Jonathan Taylor