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Built by developers, for developers.

Grip OS started with a simple observation: OpenClaw is one of the most powerful open-source AI assistants available, but using it day-to-day on macOS felt like it deserved a better home. A native, keyboard-first, Apple Silicon-optimized home.

We're a small, independent team building companion tools that make OpenClaw more productive on Apple platforms. Grip OS is not a fork — it's a purpose-built suite of native macOS (and soon iOS) applications that wrap around OpenClaw's capabilities with fleet orchestration, security monitoring, and a polished UI that feels like it belongs on your Mac.

Our Philosophy

  • 1.Local-first. Your data, your keys, your machine. Nothing leaves your device unless you explicitly ask it to.
  • 2.Open foundations. Powered by OpenClaw (345K+ stars), with full transparency into the upstream code that drives our AI layer.
  • 3.Native performance. SwiftUI from the ground up. No Electron. No WebViews. Built specifically for Apple Silicon.
  • 4.Ship what's real. Every feature on our website is tagged as Available or Coming 2026. No vaporware, no misleading claims.

Grip OS is privately developed. Our repositories are not public, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by the OpenClaw project or its maintainers. We contribute back where appropriate and deeply respect the open-source ecosystem that makes our work possible.

Who We Are

Grip OS is built by a small, independent team of Apple platform engineers based in Atlanta, Georgia. We're developers who use OpenClaw every day and wanted native tools that felt like they belonged on macOS — so we built them.

Product Roadmap

Grip StationAvailable

AI operator workstation with Autonomy Dashboard and 100+ MCP tools

Grip SentinelAvailable

Built-in MCP security engine — 1,080+ tests, 4 security modes

Grip Tray2026

Menu bar AI companion

Grip Mail2026

Native AI email client with 6 email MCP tools and self-learning agents

Grip Kernel2026

Always-on platform daemon — 16 service targets, 78 IPC methods

Grip Mobile2026

iPhone companion with cross-device sync

Self-Learning / Self-Healing / Self-UpgradingPlanned

Autonomous learning events, tiered repair policy, nightly upgrade evaluation across Fleet, Station, and Mail