I built managed OpenClaw hosting with 60s provisioning in 6 days
Hey HN, I'm Daniel, solo dev from Germany. I built ClawHosters (https://clawhosters.com), a managed hosting platform for OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework. Quick timeline: domain registered February 5th. First paying customer six days later. I probably should have spent more time on it, but it works. If you haven't seen OpenClaw, it lets you run a personal AI assistant that connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, and WhatsApp. Self-hosting it is absolutely possible, but it's a pain. You're dealing with Docker setup, SSL certs, port forwarding, security hardening, keeping…
I built managed OpenClaw hosting with 60s provisioning in 6 days launched on February 11, 2026 with 9 votes, #1,122 of 16,627 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
ClawHosters is managed hosting for OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant framework. Set up a personal AI assistant on Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, or Slack in under 2 minutes. No servers to manage, no Docker, no SSH. Just connect your API key and go. Built for people who want AI assistants but don't want to babysit infrastructure. We handle updates, uptime, and backups. You just chat with your AI. Starts at €19/mo on Hetzner (GDPR compliant, 99.9% uptime).
How one developer built 60-second OpenClaw provisioning with Hetzner snapshots, prewarmed VPS pools, and Traefik Redis routing. Full walkthrough.
60 seconds. That was the goal. Click a button, get a running OpenClaw instance. What I actually built: A four-layer security model. A pool of pre-booted VPS instances sitting idle, waiting to be claimed. A container commit system so user changes survive restarts. Dynamic routing through Redis. All of it running from one Rails app. By myself. In about a week. The domain registered on February 5th. This post went up six days later. Here's what I learned in the rabbit hole. If you're curious about why I built ClawHosters in the first place , that's a separate story. Quick context for those who haven't heard of it. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework. You run it on a server, connect…from clawhosters.com
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Hey HN, I'm Daniel, solo dev from Germany. I built ClawHosters (https://clawhosters.com), a managed hosting platform for OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework. Quick timeline: domain registered February 5th. First paying customer six days later. I probably should have spent more time on it, but it…
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