OpenClaw Maintainer Activity

Evidence report across 96 GitHub repos and maintainer Discord channels. Comments count when they are maintainer discussion; dependency-label backfill comments are filtered. Access roster: 58 people / 62 GitHub accounts.

Window
May 12, 2026
As of
Active
34/58
19 Core Staff / 11 Community / 4 Read-only
GitHub
1669
filtered events
Discord
737
messages
PRs Opened
230
90 merged
Security
0
advisory signals
Repos
9
active in shown list
Overview

Global Summary

Codex synthesis

34/58 maintainers had visible activity in this window. 928 commits, 90 merged PRs, 230 opened PRs, 0 GHSAs, and 0 issue/PR comments were captured. 737 Discord maintainer-channel messages were captured.

Hard Numbers

Activity Mix

fallback summaries / 20 Discord mapping gaps
Commits
928
GHSAs
0
Issue/PR comments
0
PR review comments
0
Discord messages
737
Releases

Release Signals In This Window

6 active repos matched ReleaseBar for Daily Report 2026-05-12 ยท 3 untracked here
Tracked active repos
6
Latest releases in window
0
Latest repo updates in window
0
No release recorded
1
Maintainers

People With Access

showing 34 of 34 active
@steipete
Peter Steinberger
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
openclaw: 168openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr: 158openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr: 158crabbox: 2 #maintainers: 31#clawtributors: 1 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal tools

Peter Steinberger focused on openclaw, openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr, and openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr work, especially fix: skip metadata for build-excluded bundled plugins and fix local plugin TS source discovery. GitHub activity included 474 commit search hits, 11 merged PRs, and 1 opened PR. Code-owner context: Peter Steinberger owns Core platform, daemon, agents and Internal tools.

GitHub486
Commits474
GHSAs0
PRs12
Issues0
Comments0
Discord32
@shakkernerd
Gideon Adegbesan
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff
openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr: 145openclaw: 144openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr: 144 #maintainers: 32

Gideon Adegbesan focused on openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr, openclaw, and openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr work, especially test: payload error text output and test: loop compaction log output. GitHub activity included 433 commit search hits. Discord activity added 32 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub433
Commits433
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord32
@pgondhi987
Pavan Kumar Gondhi
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
openclaw: 49 #maintainer-security-ops: 1

Pavan Kumar Gondhi focused on openclaw work, especially Require device key proof for bootstrap token binding [AI] and Inherit tool restrictions for delegated sessions [AI]. GitHub activity included 21 merged PRs and 28 opened PRs. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub49
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs49
Issues0
Comments0
Discord1
@pash-openai
Nik Pash
GitHub: @pash-openai / @pashpashpash
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 5 #maintainers: 71#clawtributors: 37 owns: Codex

Nik Pash focused on openclaw work, especially Trust installed Codex for its private task runtime and Keep Codex media tools backed by auth profiles. GitHub activity included 2 merged PRs and 3 opened PRs. Code-owner context: Nik Pash owns Codex.

GitHub5
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs5
Issues0
Comments0
Discord108
@kevinslin
Kevin Lin
GitHub: @kevinlin-openai / @kevinslin
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 14openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr: 4openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr: 4 #maintainers: 22#clawtributors: 5

Kevin Lin focused on openclaw, openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr, and openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr work, especially docs: consolidate plugin install docs and fix: improve Codex migration selector enter. GitHub activity included 12 commit search hits, 5 merged PRs, and 5 opened PRs. Discord activity added 27 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub22
Commits12
GHSAs0
PRs10
Issues0
Comments0
Discord27
@obviyus
Ayaan Zaidi
Independent
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 11 #maintainers: 21#clawtributors: 7 owns: Channel Telegram

Ayaan Zaidi focused on openclaw work, especially fix(matrix): default markdown tables to bullets across Matrix clients and fix(agents): use run workspace for post-compaction context. GitHub activity included 11 merged PRs. Code-owner context: Ayaan Zaidi owns Channel Telegram.

GitHub11
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs11
Issues0
Comments0
Discord28
@fuller-stack-dev
Jason Json
N/A
Read-only maintainer moderation
hermit: 1 #clawtributors: 44#ct-helping: 14#clawhub: 3

Jason Json focused on hermit work, especially Add moderation say snippets and pin dependencies. GitHub activity included 1 opened PR. Discord activity added 61 messages, mostly in #clawtributors and #ct-helping.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord61
@Patrick-Erichsen
Patrick Erichsen
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff release
clawhub: 4openclaw: 3clawhub-security: 1 #maintainers: 13#clawhub: 6#maintainer-security-ops: 4 owns: ClawHub

Patrick Erichsen focused on clawhub, openclaw, and clawhub-security work, especially fix(heartbeat): multi-agent cadence โ€” parallel broadcast, per-agent busy check, prompt assembly, connect-timeout, doctor warning and fix(agents/harness): pass tool results through tool-result middleware safely. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 6 merged PRs, and 1 closed PR. Code-owner context: Patrick Erichsen owns ClawHub.

GitHub8
Commits1
GHSAs0
PRs7
Issues0
Comments0
Discord24
@shanselman
Scott Hanselman
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw-windows-node: 13 #maintainers: 3

Scott Hanselman focused on openclaw-windows-node work, especially fix(usage): make 7/30 day toggle work + redesign with Fluent SelectorBar and Native WinUI chat experience. GitHub activity included 2 commit search hits and 11 merged PRs. Discord activity added 3 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub13
Commits2
GHSAs0
PRs11
Issues0
Comments0
Discord3
@sallyom
Sally O'Malley
Red Hat
Core Staff
openclaw: 6openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr: 1openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr: 1 #maintainer-security-ops: 4#maintainer-offtopic: 3#maintainers: 3

Sally O'Malley focused on openclaw, openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr, and openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr work, especially fix(docker): avoid external Dockerfile frontend pull and fix(config-audit): scrub pre-redactor argv values from historical config-audit.jsonl entries. GitHub activity included 3 commit search hits, 4 merged PRs, and 1 opened PR. Discord activity added 10 messages, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops and #maintainer-offtopic.

GitHub8
Commits3
GHSAs0
PRs5
Issues0
Comments0
Discord10
@jesse-merhi
Jesse Merhi
Atlassian
Core Staff security
proxyline: 5openclaw: 1 #maintainers: 10#maintainer-security-ops: 6

Jesse Merhi focused on proxyline and openclaw work, especially Route allow-always through command authorization planner and Add managed bypass policy. GitHub activity included 3 merged PRs and 3 opened PRs. Discord activity added 16 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub6
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs6
Issues0
Comments0
Discord16
@sjf
Sarah Fortune
GitHub: @sjf / @sjf-oa
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 8openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr: 1openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr: 1

Sarah Fortune focused on openclaw, openclaw-ghsa-cmhr-vr63-2mxr, and openclaw-ghsa-prwc-c6w5-mmgr work, especially fix(install): don't abort install.ps1 when git writes to stderr and feat(onboard): offer codex migration after harness install. GitHub activity included 3 commit search hits, 4 merged PRs, and 3 opened PRs.

GitHub10
Commits3
GHSAs0
PRs7
Issues0
Comments0
Discord0
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
hermit: 1 #maintainers: 17#clawtributors: 8#maintainer-security-ops: 6

Shadow focused on hermit work, especially Add moderation say snippets and pin dependencies. GitHub activity included 1 merged PR. Discord activity added 31 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord31
@joshavant
Josh Avant
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff security
#maintainers: 29#maintainer-security-ops: 5 owns: Security

Josh Avant was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops. Code-owner context: Josh Avant owns Security. Discord activity added 34 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord34
@vincentkoc
Vincent Koc
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
#maintainers: 19#maintainer-security-ops: 1 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal toolsowns: Observability, Diag and Telemetryowns: Plugins

Vincent Koc was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops. Code-owner context: Vincent Koc owns Core platform, daemon, agents and Internal tools. Discord activity added 20 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord20
@galiniliev
Galin Iliev
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw: 3 #maintainers: 1

Galin Iliev focused on openclaw work, especially fix(azure):Drain split provider stream frames and Azure OpenAI Responses stalls before first event when memory tools are exposed. GitHub activity included 1 merged PR, 1 opened PR, and 1 opened issue. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub3
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs2
Issues1
Comments0
Discord1
@jalehman
Josh Lehman
Martian Engineering
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 1 #maintainers: 8#clawtributors: 1

Josh Lehman focused on openclaw work, especially fix(telegram): preserve quote and code formatting. GitHub activity included 1 opened PR. Discord activity added 9 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord9
@odysseus0
George Zhang
Independent
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 3

George Zhang focused on openclaw work, especially feat(agents): make run loop retry limits configurable in openclaw.json and fix: enable native require fast path on Windows for plugin-sdk root alias. GitHub activity included 3 merged PRs.

GitHub3
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs3
Issues0
Comments0
Discord0
@ai-hpc
NVIDIAN
N/A
Read-only maintainer
openclaw: 3

NVIDIAN focused on openclaw work, especially fix(config): reject auto-managed meta.lastTouched* paths in config set/unset and fix(commitments): serialize load-modify-save with in-process queue + cross-process file lock. GitHub activity included 3 opened PRs.

GitHub3
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs3
Issues0
Comments0
Discord0
@bek91
Bek Akhmedov
Independent
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 2 #maintainers: 3

Bek Akhmedov focused on openclaw work, especially Protected external conversation sessions can bypass maintenance caps and keep large artifacts alive. GitHub activity included 1 opened issue and 1 closed issue. Discord activity added 3 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub2
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues2
Comments0
Discord3
@brokemac79
brokemac79
N/A
Read-only maintainer
openclaw: 2 #clawtributors: 3

brokemac79 focused on openclaw work, especially [AI-assisted] fix(docker): pin setup-time container paths and [AI-assisted] fix(acp): surface JSON-RPC error details. GitHub activity included 1 opened PR and 1 closed PR. Discord activity added 3 messages, mostly in #clawtributors.

GitHub2
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs2
Issues0
Comments0
Discord3
@mbelinky
Mariano Belinky
Independent
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 1 #maintainers: 6

Mariano Belinky focused on openclaw work, especially fix(codex): release quiet completed app-server turns. GitHub activity included 1 merged PR. Discord activity added 6 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord6
@hxy91819
Mason Huang
Tencent
Core Staff security
openclaw: 1 #clawtributors: 4#maintainer-security-ops: 2

Mason Huang focused on openclaw work, especially fix(security): centralize transcript append redaction. GitHub activity included 1 closed PR. Discord activity added 6 messages, mostly in #clawtributors and #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord6
@onutc
Onur Solmaz
GitHub: @onutc / @osolmaz
Hugging Face
Core Staff
openclaw: 1 owns: Local Models

Onur Solmaz focused on openclaw work, especially fix: surface silent model fallback failures. GitHub activity included 1 merged PR. Code-owner context: Onur Solmaz owns Local Models.

GitHub1
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs1
Issues0
Comments0
Discord0
@BunsDev
Val Alexander
Independent
Community Maintainer
#maintainer-security-ops: 3#maintainers: 1

Val Alexander was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-security-ops and #maintainers. Discord activity added 4 messages, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops and #maintainers.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord4
@sliverp
Yuehua Li
Tencent
Core Staff
#maintainer-offtopic: 1#maintainers: 1

Yuehua Li was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-offtopic and #maintainers. Discord activity added 2 messages, mostly in #maintainer-offtopic and #maintainers.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord2
@alauppe
AndyML
Independent
Read-only moderation moderation
#clawtributors: 1

AndyML was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #clawtributors. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #clawtributors.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord1
@visionik
Jonathan Taylor
Independent
Community Maintainer
#maintainer-security-ops: 1

Jonathan Taylor was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-security-ops. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord1
@mcaxtr
Marcus Castro
Independent
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 1

Marcus Castro was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainers. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord1
@vignesh07
Vignesh Natarajan
Snowflake
Community Maintainer
#maintainers: 1

Vignesh Natarajan was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainers. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub0
Commits0
GHSAs0
PRs0
Issues0
Comments0
Discord1
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24 maintainers
  • @eleqtrizit - Agustin Rivera - NVIDIA
  • @amknight - Alex Knight - Atlassian
  • @Asleep123 - Asleep - Independent
  • @Evizero - Christof Salis - Independent
  • @openperf - Chunyue Wang - N/A
  • @RomneyDa - Dallin Romney - OpenClaw Foundation
  • @davemorin - Dave Morin - OpenClaw Foundation
  • @drobison00 - Devin Robison - NVIDIA
  • @gumadeiras - Gustavo Madeira Santana - Yale University
  • @huntharo - Harold Hunt - Giphy
  • @jacobtomlinson - Jacob Tomlinson - NVIDIA
  • @jzakirov - Jamil Zakirov - N/A
  • @joshp123 - Josh Palmer - Independent
  • @julianengel - Julian Engel - Independent
  • @lanzhi-lee - Lanzhi Lee - Xiaomi
  • @mukhtharcm - Muhammed Mukhthar CM - N/A
  • @ngutman - Nimrod Gutman - Independent
  • @Spectorian - Nir Paz - NVIDIA
  • @velvet-shark - Radek Sienkiewicz - Independent
  • @purpshell - Rajeh Taher - N/A
  • @SidU - Sid Uppal - Microsoft
  • @SinOfStrife - Strife - Independent
  • @Takhoffman - Tak Hoffman - Independent
  • @momothemage - Zhengnan Niu - Tencent