openclaw/docs/reference/credits.md

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The name

OpenClaw = CLAW + TARDIS, because every space lobster needs a time and space machine.

Credits

• Peter Steinberger (@steipete) - Creator, lobster whisperer
• Mario Zechner (@badlogicc) - Pi creator, security pen tester
• Clawd - The space lobster who demanded a better name

Maintainers

• Peter Steinberger - Benevolent Dictator

  • GitHub: @steipete · X: @steipete

• Shadow - Discord + Slack subsystem

  • GitHub: @thewilloftheshadow · X: @4shad0wed

• Vignesh - Memory (QMD), formal modeling, TUI, and Lobster

  • GitHub: @vignesh07 · X: @_vgnsh

• Jos - Telegram, API, Nix mode

  • GitHub: @joshp123 · X: @jjpcodes

• Christoph Nakazawa - JS Infra

  • GitHub: @cpojer · X: @cnakazawa

• Gustavo Madeira Santana - Multi-agents, CLI, web UI

  • GitHub: @gumadeiras · X: @gumadeiras

• Maximilian Nussbaumer - DevOps, CI, Code Sanity

  • GitHub: @quotentiroler · X: @quotentiroler

Core contributors

• Maxim Vovshin (@Hyaxia, 36747317+Hyaxia@users.noreply.github.com) - Blogwatcher skill
• Nacho Iacovino (@nachoiacovino, nacho.iacovino@gmail.com) - Location parsing (Telegram and WhatsApp)

License

MIT - Free as a lobster in the ocean.

"We are all just playing with our own prompts." (An AI, probably high on tokens)