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ClawBox turns any machine into a personal AI appliance. One install command gives you an OpenAI-compatible API that intelligently routes across 38+ models, auto-recovers from provider failures, and costs up to 90% less than using a single premium model.

_{*In certain workloads with specific routing policies and model mixes. See Benchmarks for methodology and reproduction steps.}

Step 1 — Install (one command):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Clawland-AI/OpenclawBox/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Step 2 — Test the API:

curl http://localhost:4000/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"model": "blockrun/auto", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello ClawBox!"}]}'

Step 3 — Check your devices:

curl http://localhost:4100/api/devices

No API keys required — demo mode runs out of the box with a built-in mock provider.

Docker alternative: cd deploy && cp env.example .env && docker compose up -d

graph TB subgraph device [ClawBox Device] CR[CheapRouter] Engine["ClawRouter Engine<br/>(14-dim scoring, 38+ models)"] Agent[Fleet Agent] end subgraph mgmt [Management] FS[Fleet Server] FC[Fleet Console] end subgraph providers [AI Providers] P1[OpenAI] P2[Anthropic] P3[Google] P4[DeepSeek] P5[xAI] end Client[Any App] -->|"OpenAI-compatible"| CR CR --> Engine Engine --> P1 Engine --> P2 Engine --> P3 CR -->|"Metrics"| FS Agent -->|"Heartbeat + OTA"| FS FC -->|"Dashboard"| FS 

CheapRouter exposes a standard OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint. Any tool that works with OpenAI works with ClawBox — zero code changes.

from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:4000/v1", api_key="demo") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="blockrun/auto", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}], )

Docs: Unified API

Provider returns 429? 500? Timeout? ClawRouter's fallback chain tries the next model automatically. Your application sees a successful response.

Docs: Auto Failover

ClawRouter's 14-dimension scorer classifies each request (simple/medium/complex/reasoning) and routes to the cheapest capable model. Simple queries go to free models; only complex reasoning uses premium.

_{Based on ClawRouter's published pricing. Run python benchmarks/run_bench.py to reproduce.}

Docs: Benchmarks

Clawland-Fleet gives you a web console to manage all your ClawBox devices:

• Device list with online/offline status
• Remote configuration push
• Over-the-air (OTA) updates
• Usage metrics and cost breakdown

Docs: Fleet Management

packages/ cheaprouter/ → CheapRouter (ClawRouter wrapper + fleet integration) fleet-server/ → Device management server fleet-agent/ → Device-side agent fleet-console/ → Web dashboard (React + Vite) touchscreen-ui/ → Bar display UI for ClawBox hardware (1280x400) benchmarks/ → Reproducible cost/latency benchmarks website/ → Documentation site (Docusaurus) kickstarter/ → Kickstarter campaign materials & press kit scripts/ → install.sh, clawboxctl deploy/ → Docker Compose, env templates 

CheapRouter's routing engine is ClawRouter by BlockRunAI (MIT license, 3.3k+ stars). ClawRouter provides:

• 14-dimension weighted scoring for intelligent model selection
• 38+ models across 7 providers
• Routing profiles: eco / auto / premium / free
• Fallback chains with automatic retry
• Request deduplication and SSE heartbeat

CheapRouter adds fleet integration, device-level rate limiting, audit logging, and demo mode on top.

Clawland Inc and ClawBox are independent open-source projects. ClawBox is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any third-party hardware or software brand. This repository provides open-source reference implementations and developer tools. The "AI appliance" concept is an open hardware form factor — not a reference to any specific commercial product.

• GitHub Discussions — Questions, ideas, show & tell
• Contributing — How to contribute code, docs, and ideas
• Roadmap — What's next and how to participate

• v0.2.0: Authentication, real OTA, Prometheus metrics, device grouping
• v0.3.0: Semantic caching, multi-user, plugin system, ARM64 images
• v1.0.0: Touchscreen UI, QR pairing, mobile app, enterprise features

See the full roadmap.

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