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macOS Menu Bar App for OpenClaw Management
Just built a Swift macOS menu bar app with to manage OpenClaw! 🤖⚡ Shows gateway status, Discord connection, lets me start/stop/restart, view logs, and has notifications for status changes. Built it together in about an hour.
Setup Time
1 hour
Monthly Cost
$10-30
Category
Communication
Difficulty
beginner
@MagiMetal shared their OpenClaw setup on X.
Just built a Swift macOS menu bar app with to manage OpenClaw! 🤖⚡ Shows gateway status, Discord connection, lets me start/stop/restart, view logs, and has notifications for status changes. Built it together in about an hour.
Setup
Requires an always-on machine (Mac Mini, Hetzner VPS, etc.) running OpenClaw with a Claude API key. Integration with the mentioned services via their respective APIs or CLI tools.
Requirements
- OpenClaw or Clawdbot
- Always-on machine (Mac Mini, VPS, etc.)
- Claude API Key
Source
discordmac