Managing a team of AI agents through terminal logs and config files works—until it doesn’t. As your OpenClaw setup grows from one or two agents to a multi-role team with cron pipelines, memory stores, and cost tracking, you start wanting something more visual.

Enter ClawPort: an MIT-licensed, open-source dashboard built specifically for OpenClaw agent teams. It launched in late June 2026 and has already picked up strong community interest. This guide walks you through getting it running.

What ClawPort Does

ClawPort connects to your local OpenClaw gateway and presents your entire agent team in a polished web interface. Key features include:

  • Org Map: An interactive org chart (built on React Flow) showing agent hierarchy, relationships, and cron status at a glance.
  • Chat Interface: Streaming text conversations with vision support (image attachments), voice with waveform visualization, file attachments, and drag-and-drop.
  • Kanban Board: Drag-and-drop task management across agents with full chat context linking.
  • Cron Monitor: Live status of all scheduled jobs, with filtering and error highlighting so you can spot pipeline failures immediately.
  • Cost Dashboard: Token usage tracking, daily/weekly charts, per-job cost breakdowns, anomaly detection, and savings insights.
  • Activity Console: Historical logs with real-time streaming and expandable JSON inspection.
  • Memory Browser: Search and browse team memory with Markdown and JSON rendering.
  • Agent Details: Per-agent profiles pulling from SOUL.md, tools, hierarchy, and voice configuration.
  • Themes: Five visual themes (Dark, Glass, Color, Light, System) with instant switching.

The standout feature is auto-discovery: ClawPort automatically scans your OpenClaw workspace for agents defined by their SOUL.md files. No manual configuration of agent names or paths—it just finds them.

Prerequisites

Before installing ClawPort, you need a running OpenClaw gateway. If you haven’t set it up yet:

# Install OpenClaw (refer to official docs at openclaw.ai for the current install method)
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
openclaw gateway status

Your gateway should be running at http://localhost:18789 by default. Confirm it’s healthy before proceeding.

You’ll also need:

  • Node.js v18 or later (v22 recommended)
  • npm v9 or later

Verify with:

node --version
npm --version

Installation

ClawPort is distributed as an npm package. Install it globally:

npm install -g clawport-ui

This gives you the clawport CLI.

First-Time Setup

Run the setup command, which auto-detects your OpenClaw configuration:

clawport setup

ClawPort will scan for your OpenClaw gateway connection details and discover agents in your workspace. If your gateway runs on a non-default port, you may be prompted to confirm the address.

Launch

For development mode with hot reload:

clawport dev

For production mode:

clawport start

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser. You should see your agent team loaded in the Org Map view.

Org Map

Your first view shows all discovered agents as nodes in a hierarchy. Agents with active cron jobs show status indicators—green for healthy, amber for delayed, red for failed.

Click any agent node to open its detail pane, which surfaces its SOUL.md profile, active tools, recent activity, and memory usage.

Cron Monitor

The Cron Monitor tab shows all scheduled pipelines across your agent team. Each row displays the job name, schedule, last run timestamp, run duration, and status. Filter by agent or status to quickly identify stuck or failing jobs.

Cost Dashboard

Token usage tracking works immediately if your OpenClaw gateway is logging requests. The dashboard shows:

  • Daily token burn by agent and model
  • Cost estimates based on provider pricing
  • Anomaly alerts when an agent’s spend spikes unexpectedly

Memory Browser

Browse your agents’ memory files through a searchable interface. Supports both Markdown and JSON rendering, with download options for memory export.

Customization

If auto-discovery misses some agents or you want to manually define your team structure, ClawPort supports a configuration file. See the ClawPort GitHub repository (specifically SETUP.md) for details on the agents.json format and manual configuration options.

Security Considerations

ClawPort runs on localhost and connects to your local OpenClaw gateway—it doesn’t expose your agent infrastructure to the internet by default. However:

  • Don’t expose port 3000 externally unless you’ve configured authentication and HTTPS.
  • ClawPort has access to everything your OpenClaw gateway exposes, including agent memories and conversation logs. Treat it accordingly.
  • Keep ClawPort updated; as a community project, security patches may require manual npm updates.

What’s Coming

The project is actively developed. Community discussion on Reddit (r/SideProject) and X (via @tom_doerr) suggests a planned web-hosted version for teams who don’t want to self-host. For now, it’s fully self-hosted and open source.

Check clawport.dev for the official site and latest release notes.

Sources

  1. ClawPort GitHub Repository (JohnRiceML/clawport-ui)
  2. clawport.dev — Official Site
  3. OpenClaw Documentation

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