Under the Hood

Curious what powers your AI? Here’s the full breakdown for the technically inclined.

Two Configurations

AI Only: OpenClaw + your VPS. Lean and focused.

AI + Website: OpenClaw + WordPress on your VPS. Full web publishing capabilities.

The Stack

OpenClaw — Open source AI agent orchestration. Connects your AI to messaging apps, gives it tools, handles memory and conversation flow.

Hetzner Cloud — Your dedicated VPS runs here. Not shared hosting. Not a container. A real server you can SSH into.

LiteLLM — Open source AI model proxy. Handles billing and routing to Claude, GPT-4, and other models through a unified interface.

WordPress (website option only) — The world’s most popular CMS.

Open Source

Everything we use is open source. No vendor lock-in. No proprietary black boxes.

Could I Do This Myself?

Yes. All of this is open source. If you’re technical, you can set up OpenClaw on your own server, or use our wp-openclaw deployment playbook for the WordPress version.

What you’re paying for with our service:

  • One-click provisioning — We handle the infrastructure setup
  • Managed AI billing — Pay-as-you-go credits instead of juggling API keys
  • Baseline hardening — Provisioning enables host and network firewall defaults, fail2ban, and unattended security upgrades
  • Support — Someone to help when things break
  • No DevOps required — Talk to your AI, not a terminal

If you want to tinker, you have full SSH access to your server. Install whatever you want. Modify anything. It’s your machine.

Full Portability

Everything is portable:

  1. Export your AI’s workspace (memory, configuration, skills)
  2. If you have a website: export WordPress (built-in feature) and move it anywhere
  3. Or just keep the server — it’s yours

No proprietary formats. No export fees. No lock-in. Your stuff is your stuff.

Security & Privacy

Your server is isolated. Not shared with other customers.

Inbound ports are minimized. Provisioning locks the server down to the public web ports (80/443) plus SSH (22); the OpenClaw gateway is not exposed publicly by default.

Learn more: See the full Security guarantee →

For Developers

  • Write custom OpenClaw skills
  • Connect external APIs and webhooks
  • Set up automated workflows
  • SSH in and do literally anything Linux allows

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