OpenClaw Maintainer Activity

Evidence report across 91 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 27, 2026
As of
Active
36/45
25 Core Staff / 11 Community
GitHub Events
1740
maintainer + non-maintainer
Discord
1475
messages
PRs Opened
212
199 merged
Issues
114
68 closed
Repos
24
active in shown list
Overview

Global Summary

Codex synthesis

36/45 maintainers had visible activity in this window. 621 commit search hits, 199 merged PRs, 212 opened PRs, and 367 issue/PR comments were captured. 1475 Discord maintainer-channel messages were captured. Top repositories by activity: openclaw, Kova, clawhub, crabbox, and octopool.

Hard Numbers

Activity Mix

fallback summaries / 20 Discord mapping gaps
Commit Search Hits
621
Issue/PR comments
367
PR review comments
11
Discord messages
1475
Releases

Release Signals In This Window

10 active repos matched ReleaseBar for Daily Report 2026-05-27 ยท 2 untracked here
Tracked active repos
10
Latest releases in window
3
Latest repo updates in window
10
No release recorded
3
Maintainers

People With Access

showing 36 of 36 active
@steipete
Peter Steinberger
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
openclaw: 553octopool: 35crabbox: 18agent-skills: 5 #maintainers: 65#clawtributors: 25#maintainer-security-ops: 4 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal tools

Peter Steinberger focused on openclaw, octopool, and crabbox work, especially fix(discord): backport recovered tool warning suppression and fix(codex): backport shared app-server startup cleanup to .27. GitHub activity included 293 commit search hits, 118 merged PRs, 17 opened PRs, and 1 closed issue. Code-owner context: Peter Steinberger owns Core platform, daemon, agents and Internal tools.

GitHub627
Commit Search Hits293
PRs135
Issues1
Discord94
@vincentkoc
Vincent Koc
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff securityrelease
openclaw: 166crabpot: 21crabbox: 15crawl-remote: 4 #maintainers: 147#clawtributors: 96#maintainer-security-ops: 6 owns: Core platform, daemon, agentsowns: Internal toolsowns: Observability, Diag and Telemetryowns: Plugins

Vincent Koc focused on openclaw, crabpot, and crabbox work, especially fix(codex): quarantine unsupported dynamic tool schemas and fix(codex): keep attempt watchdog for queued terminal turns. GitHub activity included 189 commit search hits, 16 merged PRs, 13 opened PRs, and 2 closed PRs. Code-owner context: Vincent Koc owns Core platform, daemon, agents and Internal tools.

GitHub223
Commit Search Hits189
PRs31
Issues0
Discord249
@RomneyDa
Dallin Romney
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff
openclaw: 41Kova: 10crabbox: 5 #maintainers: 19

Dallin Romney focused on openclaw, Kova, and crabbox work, especially refactor(openai): centralize Codex OAuth flow and refactor: share QA runtime helpers. GitHub activity included 12 commit search hits, 7 merged PRs, 11 opened PRs, and 1 closed PR. Discord activity added 19 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub56
Commit Search Hits12
PRs19
Issues0
Discord19
@shakkernerd
Gideon Adegbesan
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff
Kova: 36openclaw: 14 #maintainers: 21#clawtributors: 13

Gideon Adegbesan focused on Kova and openclaw work, especially refactor: centralize user turn transcript persistence and feat: add release matrix page. GitHub activity included 38 commit search hits, 1 merged PR, and 11 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 34 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub50
Commit Search Hits38
PRs1
Issues0
Discord34
@Patrick-Erichsen
Patrick Erichsen
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff release
clawhub: 40openclaw: 9crabpot: 1openclaw.ai: 1 #maintainers: 12 owns: ClawHub

Patrick Erichsen focused on clawhub, openclaw, and crabpot work, especially fix(cli): respect subcommand version options and fix: remove global ClawScan claim ceiling. GitHub activity included 19 commit search hits, 19 merged PRs, 3 opened PRs, and 1 closed PR. Code-owner context: Patrick Erichsen owns ClawHub.

GitHub51
Commit Search Hits19
PRs23
Issues0
Discord12
@giodl73-repo
Gio Della-Libera
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw: 41rfcs: 10

Gio Della-Libera focused on openclaw and rfcs work, especially draft: trusted Mantis proof head for #87425 and fix(telegram): preserve /usage footer for tool-only replies. GitHub activity included 10 commit search hits, 2 merged PRs, 8 opened PRs, and 2 closed PRs.

GitHub51
Commit Search Hits10
PRs12
Issues0
Discord0
@eleqtrizit
Agustin Rivera
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
openclaw: 47 #maintainer-security-ops: 1

Agustin Rivera focused on openclaw work, especially fix(msteams): bind bot framework service urls and fix(qqbot): validate direct media upload urls. GitHub activity included 11 commit search hits, 9 merged PRs, 10 opened PRs, and 17 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub47
Commit Search Hits11
PRs19
Issues0
Discord1
@mbelinky
Mariano Belinky
Regenerative agriculture farm / asset management setup
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 23 #maintainers: 24

Mariano Belinky focused on openclaw work, especially Fix sub-agent cwd/workspace separation and Make Telegram sendMessage actions durable. GitHub activity included 5 commit search hits, 4 merged PRs, 2 opened PRs, and 2 closed PRs. Discord activity added 24 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub23
Commit Search Hits5
PRs8
Issues0
Discord24
@joshavant
Josh Avant
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff security
openclaw: 17 #maintainers: 18#clawtributors: 8#maintainer-security-ops: 8 owns: Security

Josh Avant focused on openclaw work, especially fix: load Claude CLI OAuth for PI auth profiles and Fix embedded session file ownership race. GitHub activity included 2 commit search hits, 2 merged PRs, 2 opened PRs, and 11 issue/PR comments. Code-owner context: Josh Avant owns Security.

GitHub17
Commit Search Hits2
PRs4
Issues0
Discord34
@kevinslin
Kevin Lin
GitHub: @kevinlin-openai / @kevinslin
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 13rfcs: 3 #maintainers: 24#clawtributors: 2

Kevin Lin focused on openclaw and rfcs work, especially fix(imessage): suppress duplicate native exec approvals and revert: expose plugin approval action metadata. GitHub activity included 8 commit search hits, 4 merged PRs, 2 opened PRs, and 1 issue/PR comment. Discord activity added 26 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub16
Commit Search Hits8
PRs6
Issues0
Discord26
@hxy91819
Mason Huang
Tencent
Core Staff security
openclaw: 20 #maintainer-offtopic: 2#maintainers: 2#maintainer-security-ops: 1

Mason Huang focused on openclaw work, especially test: add temp directory helper guidance and test: tie script tmp dirs to cleanup hooks. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 2 opened PRs, 2 closed PRs, and 15 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 5 messages, mostly in #maintainer-offtopic and #maintainers.

GitHub20
Commit Search Hits1
PRs4
Issues0
Discord5
@onutc
Onur Solmaz
GitHub: @onutc / @osolmaz
Hugging Face
Core Staff
openclaw: 8agent-skills: 6maintainers: 3clawsweeper: 1 #maintainers: 11 owns: Local Models

Onur Solmaz focused on openclaw, agent-skills, and maintainers work, especially fix(memory): salvage qmd search JSON after nonzero exit and fix(agent-transcript): include compacted rollout messages. GitHub activity included 4 commit search hits, 2 merged PRs, 3 opened PRs, and 8 issue/PR comments. Code-owner context: Onur Solmaz owns Local Models.

GitHub18
Commit Search Hits4
PRs5
Issues0
Discord11
@pgondhi987
Pavan Kumar Gondhi
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
openclaw: 19 #maintainer-security-ops: 1#maintainers: 1

Pavan Kumar Gondhi focused on openclaw work, especially Tighten phone-control mutation authorization [AI] and fix: expire browser device tokens after gateway auth rotation [AI]. GitHub activity included 4 commit search hits, 3 merged PRs, 4 opened PRs, and 2 closed PRs. Discord activity added 2 messages, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops and #maintainers.

GitHub19
Commit Search Hits4
PRs9
Issues0
Discord2
@Takhoffman
Tak Hoffman
Unnamed .NET employer
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 4 #maintainers: 41#clawtributors: 14

Tak Hoffman focused on openclaw work, especially MemoryIndexManager.close() races with in-flight sync โ€” provider/DB closed before sync settles and fix(tui): force repaint final chat events. GitHub activity included 4 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 55 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord55
OpenClaw Foundation
Core Staff adminsecurityrelease
openclaw: 4 #maintainers: 25#clawtributors: 5#maintainer-security-ops: 3

Shadow focused on openclaw work, especially fix: add ClawHub plugin display metadata and fix: add ClawHub plugin display names (#87354). GitHub activity included 2 commit search hits, 1 merged PR, and 1 issue/PR comment. Discord activity added 33 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #clawtributors.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits2
PRs1
Issues0
Discord33
@jesse-merhi
Jesse Merhi
Atlassian
Core Staff security
openclaw: 5clawhub: 2 #maintainers: 16#maintainer-security-ops: 3#maintainer-offtopic: 1

Jesse Merhi focused on openclaw and clawhub work, especially fix(exec): hide unavailable durable approval actions and Clarify ClawHub report scope. GitHub activity included 3 commit search hits, 3 merged PRs, and 1 review comment. Discord activity added 20 messages, mostly in #maintainers and #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub7
Commit Search Hits3
PRs3
Issues0
Discord20
@sjf
Sarah Fortune
GitHub: @sjf / @sjf-oa
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 11

Sarah Fortune focused on openclaw work, especially fix(codex): format skills using Codex skills response shape and fix(status): show explicit fast mode state. GitHub activity included 3 commit search hits, 3 merged PRs, 2 opened PRs, and 3 issue/PR comments.

GitHub11
Commit Search Hits3
PRs5
Issues0
Discord0
@pash-openai
Nik Pash
GitHub: @pash-openai / @pashpashpash
OpenAI
Core Staff
openclaw: 3 #maintainers: 17 owns: Codex

Nik Pash focused on openclaw work, especially Keep Codex workspace persona session scoped and fix(codex): ensure codex subagent bootstrap parity with pi subagents - only inject AGENTS.md and TOOLS.md. GitHub activity included 1 opened PR and 2 issue/PR comments. Code-owner context: Nik Pash owns Codex.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits0
PRs1
Issues0
Discord17
@BunsDev
Val Alexander
Independent DevRel / builder
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 5 #maintainers: 4

Val Alexander focused on openclaw work, especially fix(webchat): paginate tool-heavy chat history and fix(gateway): stop chat timeout fallback cascade. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 1 opened PR, and 3 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 4 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub5
Commit Search Hits1
PRs1
Issues0
Discord4
@obviyus
Ayaan Zaidi
AI startup in pharma drug discovery
Community Maintainer
crabbox: 2 #maintainers: 15 owns: Channel Telegram

Ayaan Zaidi focused on crabbox work, especially fix(worker): retry opaque AWS RunInstances failures and fix(worker): retry opaque aws runinstances failures. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit and 1 opened PR. Code-owner context: Ayaan Zaidi owns Channel Telegram.

GitHub2
Commit Search Hits1
PRs1
Issues0
Discord15
@amknight
Alex Knight
Atlassian
Core Staff
openclaw: 4 #maintainers: 4 supports: Automation, hooks & jobs (cron)supports: Interfaces (CLI, TUI, Web UI)

Alex Knight focused on openclaw work, especially Fix Codex native hook relay after restart and Add development trace UI. GitHub activity included 2 commit search hits, 1 opened PR, and 1 closed PR. Code-owner context: Alex Knight is listed as support for Automation, hooks & jobs (cron) and Interfaces (CLI, TUI, Web UI).

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits2
PRs2
Issues0
Discord4
@momothemage
Zhengnan Niu
Tencent
Core Staff
clawhub: 3 #maintainers: 7

Zhengnan Niu focused on clawhub work, especially Plugin "clawflow" installation blocked: dangerous code patterns detected: Dynamic code execution detected and Skill embedding doesn't seem to refresh on publish. GitHub activity included 3 issue/PR comments. Discord activity added 7 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord7
@scoootscooob
Scott Fan
Paradigm
Community Maintainer
clawbench: 2openclaw: 2 #maintainers: 1

Scott Fan focused on clawbench and openclaw work, especially [codex] Honor all ack scope for room events and [codex] Expire Telegram message-cache plugin state. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 1 merged PR, and 2 opened PRs. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub4
Commit Search Hits1
PRs3
Issues0
Discord1
@jalehman
Josh Lehman
Martian Engineering
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 3 #maintainers: 3

Josh Lehman focused on openclaw work, especially fix: preserve plugin LLM command auth and fix: preserve plugin LLM command auth (#85936). GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 1 merged PR, and 1 issue/PR comment. Discord activity added 3 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits1
PRs1
Issues0
Discord3
@omarshahine
Omar Shahine
Microsoft
Core Staff
openclaw: 2rfcs: 1 #maintainers: 1

Omar Shahine focused on openclaw and rfcs work, especially fix(message-tool): hydrate attachments[] on reply (and other single-attachment actions) and Add iMessage config cleanup RFC. GitHub activity included 1 commit search hit, 1 closed PR, and 1 issue/PR comment. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits1
PRs1
Issues0
Discord1
@bek91
Bek Akhmedov
Mochary Method; GitHub profile also lists Unblock Labs
Community Maintainer
openclaw: 3

Bek Akhmedov focused on openclaw work, especially fix: route Codex-only media understanding through bounded Codex and `image` media-understanding tool can bypass configured Codex image route via model overrides and direct OpenAI auto-selection. GitHub activity included 1 opened PR, 1 opened issue, and 1 issue/PR comment.

GitHub3
Commit Search Hits0
PRs1
Issues1
Discord0
@joshp123
Josh Palmer
Anonymous streaming employer dispute
Community Maintainer
nix-openclaw: 2 #maintainers: 1

Josh Palmer focused on nix-openclaw work, especially docs: clarify plugin support boundary and Fix SecretRef passthrough in generated config. GitHub activity included 2 commit search hits. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub2
Commit Search Hits2
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@vignesh07
Vignesh Natarajan
Snowflake
Community Maintainer
lobster: 1 #maintainers: 1

Vignesh Natarajan focused on lobster work, especially [Bug]: step-level retry silently ignores timeout_ms failures โ€” AbortError from per-attempt timeout always bypasses retry logic. GitHub activity included 1 issue/PR comment. Discord activity added 1 message, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub1
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord1
@altaywtf
Altay
US-based fintech / put.io
Community Maintainer
#maintainer-offtopic: 3

Altay was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-offtopic. Discord activity added 3 messages, mostly in #maintainer-offtopic.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord3
@drobison00
Devin Robison
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
#maintainer-security-ops: 2

Devin Robison was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-security-ops. Discord activity added 2 messages, mostly in #maintainer-security-ops.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@jacobtomlinson
Jacob Tomlinson
NVIDIA
Core Staff security
#maintainers: 2

Jacob Tomlinson was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainers. Discord activity added 2 messages, mostly in #maintainers.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
@ngutman
Nimrod Gutman
Singular
Community Maintainer
#maintainer-offtopic: 2

Nimrod Gutman was mainly active in maintainer discussion across #maintainer-offtopic. Discord activity added 2 messages, mostly in #maintainer-offtopic.

GitHub0
Commit Search Hits0
PRs0
Issues0
Discord2
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