--- title: Install OpenClaw on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of OpenClaw for on CentOS - Local-first personal AI assistant url: https://snapcraft.io/install/openclaw/centos --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install OpenClaw on **CentOS** # OpenClaw [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)") * [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/openclaw/centos#install) #### Local-first personal AI assistant OpenClaw is a local-first AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine. It connects to your chosen AI model and reaches the outside world through chat interfaces (Discord, Telegram, Slack, web UI, and more), performing agentic tasks such as web browsing, file operations, code execution, and scheduled jobs. Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, OpenClaw keeps your data and conversations local: nothing is sent to a third-party service beyond the API calls you explicitly configure. You choose the model, you control the keys, and your workspace files never leave your machine without your knowledge. LOCAL AI On first interactive start OpenClaw detects a running lemonade-server (), offers to configure it as the model provider, and lets you choose an OpenClaw recipe from the Lemonade recipe catalog. You can rerun that setup any time with 'openclaw.lemonade'. Or run 'openclaw.inference-snap' to pick a Canonical inference snap (gemma4, gemma3, deepseek-r1, and others) as the provider instead. SETUP Requires a valid API key for your chosen LLM provider, OR lemonade-server running locally for fully offline inference. Run the onboarding wizard on first launch: openclaw onboard The background gateway service starts automatically the first time you run any openclaw command and is managed as a standard systemd user unit: systemctl --user status openclaw-gateway systemctl --user stop openclaw-gateway SECURITY NOTE This tool is capable of executing code, accessing files, and interacting with external services on your behalf. Due to the nature of autonomous AI agents, we recommend installing and running this snap inside an LXD container as best practice. A container provides an extra layer of confinement, limiting the agent's reach to the container environment and reducing exposure to your host system and personal data. lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 my-agent lxc exec my-agent -- snap install --classic openclaw ### Package name * openclaw --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 13 October 2026 - latest/stable * Today - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [openclaw.ai](https://openclaw.ai "https://openclaw.ai") --- ### Contact * [github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap](https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap "https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/openclaw-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/openclaw/centos#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on CentOS and install OpenClaw Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/openclaw/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command: ``` sudo yum install epel-release ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install OpenClaw To install OpenClaw, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install openclaw --classic ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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