EmperorClaw provides a comprehensive self-hosted platform for managing AI agent operations, with runtime independence, durable task leasing, knowledge management, pipelines, and human approvals. It's ideal for organizations looking to establish a reliable, auditable record of multi-agent workflows, but requires infrastructure to run a long-running Node.js process and PostgreSQL.
EmperorClaw is a self-hosted, runtime-neutral operations platform for coordinating agents, customers, projects, knowledge, artifacts, approvals, and incidents. It provides durable state around agent execution, serving as a single system of record for the entire workforce. It does not execute agent logic or call LLMs; instead, it coordinates, records, and surfaces everything around that execution. It uses PostgreSQL for state, WebSocket for realtime features, and includes a watchdog process for lease expiry and dead letters.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emperorclaw/emperorclaw/main/install.sh | bash, or the PowerShell script for Windows. 2. Open http://localhost:3000 and create your admin account. Alternatively, manually clone the repo, copy .env.example to .env, fill in the required environment variables, and run npm install, npm run db:migrate, npm run build, and npm start.