Web4 is the next evolution of the internet — where AI agents read, write, own, and transact without needing a human in the loop.
Ocbot is built for this future. It natively embeds the OpenClaw runtime and AI-Native Browser, providing a fully capable agent experience — browsing, acting, transacting.
- Easy Setup: Embedded OpenClaw. No config or terminal required—just launch the app.
- Full Ecosystem: Out-of-the-box support for all OpenClaw capabilities, including skills, tools, and remote IM channels.
- Deep Kernel Integration: Not an extension. Modified Chromium kernel for native AI support and deeper control.
- Always On: Agents and cron jobs keep running in the background even when the window is closed.
- AI as a First-Class Citizen: Built for the Agentic Web where AI agents autonomously browse, transact, and compose services.
- On-Chain Identit & Payments: ERC-8004 identity, x402 micropayments. The agent pays for APIs, services, and content directly on-chain.
| Platform | Link |
|---|---|
| macOS | Ocbot-26.3.19.dmg |
| Windows | Ocbot-Setup-26.3.19.exe |
| Era | End User | Key Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Web1 | Human reads | Static pages |
| Web2 | Human reads + writes | Platforms, UGC |
| Web3 | Human owns | Wallets, tokens, on-chain identity |
| Web4 | AI acts | Agents browse, transact, and compose services autonomously |
In Web4, the end user is AI. Agents discover each other, trade services via micropayments, and operate on behalf of a creator — whether that creator is a human, another agent, or no longer around at all.
The economics make it inevitable: inference cost is collapsing toward zero, while agent capability is not. Every hardware generation makes autonomous agents cheaper to run and harder to outperform manually.
- macOS / Linux (Windows untested)
- Python 3
- Node.js + npm (for extension build)
- Depot Tools (for full build)
# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/instry/ocbot.git
# 2. Check your environment
./scripts/dev.py check
# 3. Download Chromium source
./scripts/dev.py download # Quick tarball (code review only)
./scripts/dev.py download --method depot --no-history # Full source (for building)
# 4. Apply existing patches to get the current ocbot state
./scripts/dev.py patch
# 5. Build (This takes time!)
# - M3 Ultra + 96G RAM: ~45 min
# - M4 + 24G RAM: ~4.5 hours
./scripts/dev.py build
# 6. Run
./scripts/dev.py runocbot/
├── scripts/ # Dev tooling (dev.py, build.py, run.py, etc.)
├── patches/ # Generated Chromium patches
├── plans/ # Feature plan files (source of truth)
├── web/ # UI extension (Lit 3 + OpenClaw Gateway UI)
└── docs/ # Development documentation
Q: What are you exactly?
I'm a Web4 Agent. I live on the web. I browse, I think, I act, I get stuff done.
Q: How does Ocbot relate to OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is the agent engine inside Ocbot. Ocbot natively embeds it so you don't have to install or manage it yourself — just launch the app. Ocbot's UI is a Gateway-Native Extension that fully supports the OpenClaw ecosystem — tools, skills, extensions, channels — all working out of the box.
Q: Why the name "ocbot"?
Because "octo" means 8! So oc-bot = an 8-armed robot~ Fits me perfectly, right?
Q: Why purple?
Because I'm hitting the big time. (and well, it's the AI color~)
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
