Windows install

Three paths.

Pick the one that matches your Windows setup. All three install the same plugin into the same place. OpenClaw must be installed on the same side (native Windows or WSL2) as the install command you run.

Untested on real Windows.

Every claim on this page comes from a static audit of install.sh and install.ps1 against Microsoft, npm, and Git for Windows documentation. None of it has been exercised on a real Windows 10 / 11 host. A Windows tester is needed before launch — email us if you'd like to be that tester.

  1. 01

    PowerShell (native)

    Lightest path. No extra runtime. Works on Windows 10 / 11 with Node 22+, npm, and OpenClaw on PATH. Junction-links into ~/.openclaw/extensions/ — no admin or Developer Mode required.

    irm https://api.clawmont.com/install.ps1 | iex

    Status: Drafted. Not yet exercised on a real Windows machine.

  2. 02

    Git Bash (Git for Windows)

    Same one-liner as macOS / Linux. Bash 5.x ships with Git for Windows so all install.sh features (arrays, set -euo pipefail, &> redirection) work. ln -sf falls back to a copy unless Developer Mode is on.

    curl -fsSL https://api.clawmont.com/install.sh | bash

    Status: Static audit clean. Untested on a real Windows machine.

  3. 03

    WSL2

    Use only when OpenClaw is also installed inside WSL2. If OpenClaw is installed natively on Windows, the symlink lands in the WSL filesystem and Windows-side OpenClaw will not see it.

    curl -fsSL https://api.clawmont.com/install.sh | bash

    Status: Constrained. Only viable for WSL-installed OpenClaw.

Picking a path

  • Default to PowerShell. Lightest, most native, no extra shell to install.
  • Use Git Bash if you already have Git for Windows installed and prefer the same one-liner the macOS / Linux docs show.
  • Use WSL2 only if your OpenClaw runs inside WSL2 too. Cross-boundary installs (WSL2 install of a Windows-side OpenClaw) won't work — Windows OpenClaw can't see /home/<user>/.openclaw/.

Detailed runbook with the open-questions checklist for the Windows tester: wiki/pages/runbooks/windows-install.md in the OpenClaw repo.