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summary: "Project origin, contributors, and license."
read_when:
  - You want the project backstory or contributor credits
title: "Credits"
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## The name

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

## Credits

- **Peter Steinberger** ([@steipete](https://x.com/steipete)) - Creator, lobster whisperer
- **Mario Zechner** ([@badlogicc](https://x.com/badlogicgames)) - Pi creator, security pen tester
- **Clawd** - The space lobster who demanded a better name

## Maintainers

- [@steipete](https://github.com/steipete) (546 merges)
- [@gumadeiras](https://github.com/gumadeiras) (51 merges, 43 direct changes: 18 docs only, 7 docs, 18 other)
- [@cpojer](https://github.com/cpojer) (8 merges, 83 direct changes: 8 ci, 8 docs, 67 other)
- [@thewilloftheshadow](https://github.com/thewilloftheshadow) (69 merges)
- [@joshp123](https://github.com/joshp123) (14 merges, 48 direct changes: 1 ci, 24 docs only, 6 docs, 17 other)
- [@quotentiroler](https://github.com/quotentiroler) (37 merges, 24 direct changes: 12 ci, 2 docs only, 1 docs, 9 other)
- [@vignesh07](https://github.com/vignesh07) (33 merges, 27 direct changes: 2 ci, 19 docs only, 3 docs, 3 other)
- [@sebslight](https://github.com/sebslight) (46 merges, 9 direct changes: 6 docs only, 2 docs, 1 other)
- [@shakkernerd](https://github.com/shakkernerd) (22 merges, 33 direct changes: 4 docs only, 2 docs, 27 other)
- [@Takhoffman](https://github.com/Takhoffman) (25 merges, 24 direct changes: 13 docs only, 2 docs, 9 other)
- [@obviyus](https://github.com/obviyus) (45 merges)
- [@tyler6204](https://github.com/tyler6204) (29 merges, 6 direct changes: 1 docs only, 2 docs, 3 other)
- [@grp06](https://github.com/grp06) (15 merges)
- [@christianklotz](https://github.com/christianklotz) (9 merges)
- [@dvrshil](https://github.com/dvrshil) (2 merges, 3 direct changes: 1 docs only, 2 docs)
- [@badlogic](https://github.com/badlogic) (3 merges)
- [@mbelinky](https://github.com/mbelinky) (2 merges)
- [@sergiopesch](https://github.com/sergiopesch) (2 merges)

## Contributors

470 contributors: Peter Steinberger (7067), Shadow (180), cpojer (79), Tyler Yust (68), Josh Palmer (67), Ayaan Zaidi (66), Vignesh Natarajan (66), Gustavo Madeira Santana (58), sheeek (45), Vignesh (45), quotentiroler (44), Shakker (39), Onur (37), Mariano Belinky (34), Tak Hoffman (32), Jake (24), Seb Slight (24), Benjamin Jesuiter (23), Gustavo Madeira Santana (23), Luke K (pr-0f3t) (23), Glucksberg (22), Muhammed Mukhthar CM (22), Tyler Yust (19), George Pickett (18), Mario Zechner (18), Yurii Chukhlib (18), Conroy Whitney (16), Roshan Singh (15), Azade (14), Dave Lauer (14), ideoutrea (14), Sebastian (14), Seb Slight (12), Marcus Neves (11), Robby (11), Shakker (11), CJ Winslow (10), Muhammed Mukhthar CM (10), zerone0x (10), Christian Klotz (9), Joao Lisboa (9), Nimrod Gutman (9), Shakker Nerd (9), Ian Hildebrand (7), Anton Sotkov (6), Austin Mudd (6), Dominic Damoah (6), hsrvc (6), James Groat (6), Jefferson Warrior (6), Josh Lehman (6), Mahmoud Ibrahim (6), Marc Terns (6), Nima Karimi (6), Petter Blomberg (6), Ryan Lisse (6), Tobias Bischoff (6), Vignesh (6), Yifeng Wang (6), Alex Fallah (5), Bohdan Podvirnyi (5), Doug von Kohorn (5), Erik (5), gupsammy (5), ide-rea (5), jonisjongithub (5), Jonáš Jančařík (5), Julian Engel (5), Keith the Silly Goose (5), Marc (5), Marcus Castro (5), meaningfool (5), Michael Behr (5), Sash Zats (5), Sebastian Schubotz (5), SocialNerd42069 (5), Stefan Förster (5), Tu Nombre Real (5), vrknetha (5), Xaden Ryan (5), Abhi (4), Armin Ronacher (4), Artus KG (4), Bradley Priest (4), Cash Williams (4), Christian A. 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_Last updated: 2026-02-10 10:26 UTC_

## License

MIT - Free as a lobster in the ocean.

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