openclaw/docs/concepts/features.md

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summary: "OpenClaw capabilities across channels, routing, media, and UX."
read_when:
- You want a full list of what OpenClaw supports
title: "Features"
---
# Features
## Highlights
<Columns>
<Card title="Channels" icon="message-square">
Discord, iMessage, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, WebChat, and more with a single Gateway.
</Card>
<Card title="Plugins" icon="plug">
Add Matrix, Microsoft Teams, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Twitch, Zalo, and more with plugins.
</Card>
<Card title="Routing" icon="route">
Multi-agent routing with isolated sessions.
</Card>
<Card title="Media" icon="image">
Images, audio, and documents in and out.
</Card>
<Card title="Apps and UI" icon="monitor">
Web Control UI and macOS companion app.
</Card>
<Card title="Mobile nodes" icon="smartphone">
iOS and Android nodes with pairing, voice/chat, and rich device commands.
</Card>
</Columns>
## Full list
**Channels:**
- Built-in and bundled channels include BlueBubbles for iMessage, Discord, Google Chat, IRC, QQ Bot, Signal, Slack, Telegram, WebChat, and WhatsApp
- Optional plugin channels include Feishu, LINE, Matrix, Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Voice Call, Zalo, and Zalo Personal
- Third-party channel plugins can extend the Gateway further, such as WeChat
- Group chat support with mention-based activation
- DM safety with allowlists and pairing
**Agent:**
- Embedded agent runtime with tool streaming
- Multi-agent routing with isolated sessions per workspace or sender
- Sessions: direct chats collapse into shared `main`; groups are isolated
- Streaming and chunking for long responses
**Auth and providers:**
- 35+ model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and more)
- Subscription auth via OAuth (e.g. OpenAI Codex)
- Custom and self-hosted provider support (vLLM, SGLang, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic-compatible endpoint)
**Media:**
- Images, audio, video, and documents in and out
- Voice note transcription
- Text-to-speech with multiple providers
**Apps and interfaces:**
- WebChat and browser Control UI
- macOS menu bar companion app
- iOS node with pairing, Canvas, camera, screen recording, location, and voice
- Android node with pairing, chat, voice, Canvas, camera, and device commands
**Tools and automation:**
- Browser automation, exec, sandboxing
- Web search (Brave, DuckDuckGo, Exa, Firecrawl, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, MiniMax Search, Ollama Web Search, Perplexity, SearXNG, Tavily)
- Cron jobs and heartbeat scheduling
- Skills, plugins, and workflow pipelines (Lobster)