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 9, 2026
As of
Active
28/45
17 Core Staff / 11 Community
GitHub Events
1128
maintainer + non-maintainer
Discord
735
messages
PRs Opened
154
142 merged
Issues
17
17 closed
Repos
13
active in shown list
Overview

Global Summary

Codex synthesis
  • Daily window 2026-05-09: activity concentrated in openclaw/openclaw, with additional work in clawhub, crabbox, clickclack, imsg, Peekaboo, gitcrawl, spogo, clawsweeper, and openclaw-rtt.
  • Discord activity was heaviest in clawtributors and maintainers, with smaller maintainer-security-ops, maintainer-offtopic, and maintainer-meetups participation.
Hard Numbers

Activity Mix

codex summaries / 20 Discord mapping gaps
Commit Search Hits
625
Issue/PR comments
0
PR review comments
0
Discord messages
735
Releases

Release Signals In This Window

12 active repos matched ReleaseBar for Daily Report 2026-05-09
Tracked active repos
12
Latest releases in window
0
Latest repo updates in window
0
No release recorded
2
Maintainers

People With Access

showing 28 of 28 active
@steipete
Peter Steinberger
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
openclaw: 525crabbox: 28clawhub: 26clawsweeper: 20 #clawtributors: 88#maintainers: 37 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal tools

Visible activity was high across openclaw/openclaw and several adjacent repos, with 525 commits, 18 PRs opened, and 101 PRs merged. Focus areas included gateway watch-mode runtime-postbuild sync, ClawHub web hydration and suspicious filters, Peekaboo docs metadata/rendering, gitcrawl config env fallbacks, and review routing in clawtributors/maintainers Discord.

GitHub646
Commit Search Hits525
PRs121
Issues0
Discord125
@shakkernerd
Gideon Adegbesan
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff
openclaw: 81clickclack: 2 #maintainers: 5

Worked mainly in openclaw/openclaw test/runtime areas, with 81 commits and test changes around stable plugin specs, runtime imports, MCP channel server imports, and plugin state seed helpers. Also opened and merged clickclack unread receipts/private typing work and discussed Codex-related issue context in maintainers Discord.

GitHub83
Commit Search Hits81
PRs2
Issues0
Discord5
@obviyus
Ayaan Zaidi
AI startup in pharma drug discovery
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 24clawsweeper: 1openclaw-rtt: 1 #maintainers: 24#clawtributors: 17#maintainer-offtopic: 4 owns: Channel Telegram

Focused on Telegram and status work in openclaw/openclaw, including restart continuation after reboot, outbound reply transcript mirroring, command menu CPU reduction, stale reply context, and Codex usage display. Activity included 12 commits, 4 PRs opened, 10 PRs merged, and maintainers/clawtributors Discord discussion about context usage and Telegram PRs.

GitHub26
Commit Search Hits12
PRs14
Issues0
Discord45
@omarshahine
Omar Shahine
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw: 11imsg: 6 #maintainers: 6

Worked across openclaw/openclaw and imsg, with imsg issue/PR activity around threaded replies with attachments, Homebrew helper dylib packaging, TCC-blocked attachment staging, and dylib-to-AppleScript fallback. Discord comments also centered on iMessage work and tool/service code-mode discussion.

GitHub17
Commit Search Hits2
PRs8
Issues7
Discord6
@joshavant
Josh Avant
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff security
openclaw: 14 #maintainers: 11#maintainer-offtopic: 3#maintainer-security-ops: 2 owns: Security

Opened 7 PRs and merged 6 in openclaw/openclaw, focused on Cloudflare gateway auth transport, Gemini first-response retry behavior, and Codex turn liveness/account updates. Discord activity was mostly in maintainers and off-topic, with some maintainer-security-ops presence.

GitHub14
Commit Search Hits0
PRs14
Issues0
Discord16
@pash-openai
Nik Pash
GitHub: @pash-openai / @pashpashpash
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 5 #clawtributors: 26#maintainers: 23 owns: Codex

Codex-focused openclaw/openclaw activity included stale whole-agent runtime pins, unresolved peer install failures, and Codex onboarding install work. Discord activity in maintainers and clawtributors referenced PR review links and keeping non-Codex concerns out of the Codex harness area.

GitHub5
Commit Search Hits1
PRs4
Issues0
Discord49
@BunsDev
Val Alexander
Independent DevRel / builder
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 6clickclack: 2 #clawtributors: 1#maintainers: 1

Worked in openclaw/openclaw and clickclack, including chat realtime status/mobile nav, macOS update restart lifecycle hardening, maintainer docs updates, and acpx args support for agent command overrides. Discord participation touched clawtributors follow-up routing and Telegram setup/testing patterns.

GitHub8
Commit Search Hits1
PRs7
Issues0
Discord2
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
clickclack: 2 #maintainers: 15#maintainer-offtopic: 4#clawtributors: 3

GitHub activity was limited to the clickclack PR for per-user Pushover notifications, opened and closed during the window. Discord activity was more visible, mainly in maintainers, with comments on tool search behavior, OpenClaw contribution tooling, and path context.

GitHub2
Commit Search Hits0
PRs2
Issues0
Discord22
@jesse-merhi
Jesse Merhi
Atlassian
Core Staff security
#maintainers: 15#maintainer-security-ops: 6#maintainer-meetups: 2

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity appeared in maintainers, maintainer-security-ops, and maintainer-meetups, with snippets about meetup availability and maintainer conversation context.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord23
@vincentkoc
Vincent Koc
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff securityrelease
crabbox: 2 #maintainers: 14#clawtributors: 1 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal toolsowns: Observability, Diag and Telemetryowns: Plugins

Activity was in openclaw/crabbox, with one commit and one merged PR around adaptive coordinator transport and stopping stale bridge polling. Discord messages in maintainers/clawtributors referenced test runs and reviewing GitHub Actions failure logs.

GitHub2
Commit Search Hits1
PRs1
Issues0
Discord15
@velvet-shark
Radek Sienkiewicz
Consulting / DevRel
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 5 #maintainers: 2

Worked in openclaw/openclaw on Slack and WhatsApp channel fixes, including waking interactive Slack reply sessions and passing routing context for WhatsApp audio transcription transcript delivery. Discord activity was light and limited to maintainers.

GitHub5
Commit Search Hits1
PRs4
Issues0
Discord2
@kevinslin
Kevin Lin
GitHub: @kevinlin-openai / @kevinslin
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 3 #maintainers: 9

Openclaw/openclaw activity focused on Codex plugin migration selection UX and documentation for Codex harness model availability, with 1 PR opened and 2 merged. Discord discussion centered on Codex harness tool behavior, native-first configuration, and optional timeout parameters.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits0
PRs3
Issues0
Discord9
@hxy91819
Mason Huang
Tencent
Core Staff security
openclaw: 1 #maintainer-security-ops: 4#maintainers: 1

GitHub activity was one merged openclaw/openclaw PR for keeping Feishu group_topic message-tool replies inside the topic. Discord activity was mostly in maintainer-security-ops, including secure-default workflow discussion and draft maintainer workflow test-fix work.

GitHub1
Commit Search Hits0
PRs1
Issues0
Discord5
@jalehman
Josh Lehman
Martian Engineering
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 4

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity in maintainers focused on tool-call logging behavior, verbose mode UI testing, and agent behavior observations.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord4
@ngutman
Nimrod Gutman
Singular
Community Maintainer
#maintainer-offtopic: 4

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was limited to maintainer-offtopic discussion about terminal multiplexers and window/pane workflows.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord4
@Patrick-Erichsen
Patrick Erichsen
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff release
clawhub: 1 owns: ClawHub

GitHub activity was limited to one closed openclaw/clawhub PR on enforcing malicious-only moderation appeals. No Discord activity was provided for the window.

GitHub1
Commit Search Hits0
PRs1
Issues0
Discord0
@galiniliev
Galin Iliev
Microsoft
Core Staff
#maintainers: 2

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity in maintainers referenced not having started reviewing yet and discussion of GitHub Copilot CLI models with OpenClaw.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@joshp123
Josh Palmer
Anonymous streaming employer dispute
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 2

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was limited to two maintainers messages, including a morning greeting and a note about a new M4 Mac mini.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@mbelinky
Mariano Belinky
Regenerative agriculture farm / asset management setup
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 2

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity in maintainers referenced PR #79512 about Codex app server use, task registry behavior, and adapter work, plus a greeting.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@onutc
Onur Solmaz
GitHub: @onutc / @osolmaz
Hugging Face
Core Staff
#maintainer-meetups: 2 owns: Local Models

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was limited to maintainer-meetups discussion about AI Engineer Singapore dates and extra tickets.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@altaywtf
Altay
US-based fintech / put.io
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 1

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was a single maintainers message mentioning pnpm 11.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@mcaxtr
Marcus Castro
Unnamed American company
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 1

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was a single maintainers greeting.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@sallyom
Sally O'Malley
Red Hat
Core Staff
#maintainers: 1

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was a single maintainers message about testing and updating a personal OpenClaw setup.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@vignesh07
Vignesh Natarajan
Snowflake
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 1

No visible GitHub activity in the provided window. Discord activity was a single maintainers note warning about account switching and mobile number confirmation.

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

No visible activity

17 maintainers
  • @amknight - Alex Knight
  • @bek91 - Bek Akhmedov
  • @davemorin - Dave Morin
  • @drobison00 - Devin Robison
  • @eleqtrizit - Agustin Rivera
  • @Evizero - Christof Salis
  • @giodl73-repo - Gio Della-Libera
  • @gumadeiras - Gustavo Madeira Santana
  • @huntharo - Harold Hunt
  • @jacobtomlinson - Jacob Tomlinson
  • @odysseus0 - George Zhang
  • @pgondhi987 - Pavan Kumar Gondhi
  • @RomneyDa - Dallin Romney
  • @shanselman - Scott Hanselman
  • @sjf - Sarah Fortune
  • @Takhoffman - Tak Hoffman
  • @visionik - Jonathan Taylor