Warelay -> OpenClaw

The article states that the software project OpenClaw has undergone seven name changes since its initial commit in November 2025. The full sequence of names, as traced through the project's Git history, is: Warelay, CLAWDIS, CLAWDBOT, Clawdbot, Moltbot, and finally OpenClaw.

In preparation for a lightning talk I'm giving at PyCon US this afternoon I decided to figure out how many names OpenClaw has actually had since that first commit back in November. Thanks to this first line history.py tool code here the answer, according to the Git history of the OpenClaw README, is: Warelay → CLAWDIS → CLAWDBOT → Clawdbot → Moltbot →🦞 OpenClaw Or in detail the output from the tool : 2025-11-24T11:23:15+01:00 16dfc1a Warelay — WhatsApp Relay CLI Twilio 2025-11-24T11:41:37+01:00 d4153da 📡 Warelay — WhatsApp Relay CLI Twilio 2025-11-24T17:47:57+01:00 343ef9b 📡 warelay — WhatsApp Relay CLI Twilio 2025-11-25T04:44:10+01:00 14b3c6f 📡 warelay — WhatsApp Relay CLI 2025-11-25T12:48:40+01:00 4814021 📡 warelay — Send, receive, and auto-reply on WhatsApp—Twilio-backed or QR-linked. 2025-11-25T13:50:18+01:00 d51a3e9 warelay 📡 - Send, receive, and auto-reply on WhatsApp via Twilio or QR-linked WhatsApp Web; webhook setup in one command 2025-11-25T13:51:13+01:00 4d2a8a8 📡 warelay — Send, receive, and auto-reply on WhatsApp—Twilio-backed or QR-linked. 2025-11-25T14:52:43+01:00 1ef7f4d 📡 warelay — Send, receive, and auto-reply on WhatsApp. 2025-12-03T15:45:32+00:00 a27ee23 🦞 CLAWDIS — WhatsApp Gateway for AI Agents 2025-12-08T12:43:13+01:00 17fa2f4 🦞 CLAWDIS — WhatsApp & Telegram Gateway for AI Agents 2025-12-19T18:41:17+01:00 7710439 🦞 CLAWDIS — Personal AI Assistant 2026-01-04T14:32:47+00:00 246adaa 🦞 CLAWDBOT — Personal AI Assistant 2026-01-10T05:14:09+01:00 cdb915d 🦞 Clawdbot — Personal AI Assistant 2026-01-27T13:37:47-05:00 3fe4b25 🦞 Moltbot — Personal AI Assistant 2026-01-30T03:15:10+01:00 9a71607 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant