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| title: OpenClaw HF Space | |
| emoji: 🦞 | |
| colorFrom: blue | |
| colorTo: indigo | |
| sdk: docker | |
| app_port: 7860 | |
| pinned: false | |
| # OpenClaw on Hugging Face Space (Docker) | |
| This setup is designed to provide the following: | |
| - Build the OpenClaw container on top of `ubuntu:24.04` | |
| - Serve the OpenClaw dashboard directly on port `7860` (default Space access port) | |
| - Use third-party OpenAI-compatible `base_url + api_key` by default (injected via environment variables) | |
| - Store OpenClaw config/workspace under `/root/.openclaw` | |
| - Restore state automatically from a Hugging Face Dataset on startup | |
| - Run scheduled backups of OpenClaw data to a Hugging Face Dataset via `cron` (as `root` user) | |
| - Preinstall `python3`, `uv`, `vim`, `neovim`, `chromium` (via Chrome for Testing archive), `gh`, `hf`, `opencode`, `codex`, `claude` (Claude Code CLI), `@larksuite/cli` (with `npx skills add larksuite/cli -y -g`), and `sshx` in the image for interactive terminal use | |
| ## Repository Layout | |
| - `Dockerfile`: Runtime image for the Space | |
| - `scripts/openclaw-entrypoint.sh`: Main startup flow (restore, config generation, cron setup, gateway start) | |
| - `openclaw_hf/backup.py`: Backup/restore implementation | |
| - `scripts/openclaw-backup-cron.sh`: Cron entrypoint for backup jobs | |
| - `scripts/openclaw-restore.sh`: Startup restore entrypoint | |
| - `scripts/openclaw-gateway-restart`: Kill running `openclaw-gateway` processes | |
| - `scripts/bootstrap-hf.sh`: Interactive bootstrap for Space/Dataset creation, upload, and Space variables/secrets setup (macOS/Linux) | |
| - `scripts/bootstrap-hf.ps1`: Interactive bootstrap for Space/Dataset creation, upload, and Space variables/secrets setup (Windows PowerShell) | |
| - `tests/test_backup.py`: Unit tests for the backup module | |
| - `tests/test_entrypoint_config.py`: Unit tests for gateway config generation behavior | |
| ## Required Variables (Space Settings) | |
| In your Hugging Face Space (`Settings -> Variables and secrets`), configure at least: | |
| - Variable: `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_DATASET_REPO`: Backup target Dataset in `username/dataset-name` format | |
| - Secret: `HF_TOKEN`: Used to write backups to the Dataset (must have write permission to that Dataset) | |
| - Secret: `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN`: Gateway token (recommended; if omitted in deployment workflow, generate a random 32-character value) | |
| - Secret: `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD`: Gateway password (optional; if omitted in deployment workflow, generate a random 16-character value) | |
| When using `./scripts/bootstrap-hf.sh` (macOS/Linux) or `./scripts/bootstrap-hf.ps1` (Windows PowerShell), these values are configured automatically on the target Space. | |
| ## Optional LLM Variables (All-Or-None) | |
| Set all of these together only when you want OpenClaw to preconfigure a custom third-party model: | |
| - Variable: `OPENCLAW_LLM_BASE_URL`: Third-party base URL (for example OpenAI-compatible `/v1`) | |
| - Variable: `OPENCLAW_LLM_MODEL`: Third-party model ID | |
| - Secret: `OPENCLAW_LLM_API_KEY`: Third-party API key | |
| If any of the three is missing, entrypoint skips custom model generation. | |
| In that case, you can still configure from inside the container (for example via `sshx`). | |
| ## Common Optional Variables | |
| - `OPENCLAW_LLM_MODEL` (unset by default; used only when custom model preconfiguration is enabled) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_LLM_PROVIDER` (default: `thirdparty`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_LLM_API` (default: `openai-completions`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_VERSION` (used by Docker install step; bootstrap prompts for it and defaults to the latest version detected from npm registry, fallback `latest`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR` (default: `/root/.openclaw`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_USER` (default: `root`, runtime user for gateway and cron jobs) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GROUP` (default: `root`, runtime group for gateway and cron jobs) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH` (default: `/root/.openclaw/openclaw.json`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE_DIR` (default: `/root/.openclaw/workspace`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_CRON` (default: `*/30 * * * *`, backup every 30 minutes) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_SOURCE_DIR` (default: `/root/.openclaw`, backup/restore base directory for `openclaw-state`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CONFIG_DIR` (default: `/root/.config`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-config`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CODEX_DIR` (default: `/root/.codex`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-codex`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CLAUDE_DIR` (default: `/root/.claude`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-claude`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_AGENTS_DIR` (default: `/root/.agents`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-agents`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_SSH_DIR` (default: `/root/.ssh`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-ssh`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_NPM_DIR` (default: `/root/.npm`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-npm`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_LARK_CLI_DIR` (default: `/root/.lark-cli`, additional backup/restore directory for `root-lark-cli`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_PATH_PREFIX` (default: `backups`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_LATEST_NAME` (default: `latest-backup.tar.gz`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_KEEP_COUNT` (default: `48`, keep newest N timestamped backup archives; older ones are auto-deleted) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_SSHX_AUTO_START` (default: `false`; set `true` to auto-run `sshx` in background on startup) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_AUTH_MODE` (default: `token`, optional: `password`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_CONTROLUI_ALLOW_INSECURE_AUTH` (default: `false`) | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_CONTROLUI_DANGEROUSLY_DISABLE_DEVICE_AUTH` (default: `false`; set `true` to bypass pairing, strongly discouraged on public networks) | |
| ## Quick Deployment | |
| Run the interactive bootstrap script from repo root: | |
| ```bash | |
| ./scripts/bootstrap-hf.sh | |
| ``` | |
| ```powershell | |
| powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File .\scripts\bootstrap-hf.ps1 | |
| ``` | |
| `bootstrap-hf.sh` / `bootstrap-hf.ps1` will: | |
| - Check/install `hf` CLI: | |
| - macOS/Linux: `curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash` | |
| - Windows PowerShell: `powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://hf.co/cli/install.ps1 | iex"` | |
| - Resolve HF auth first (before all other variables): | |
| - if `hf auth whoami` is not logged in: prompt `HF_TOKEN` and run `hf auth login --token <HF_TOKEN>` | |
| - if already logged in: ask whether to use current user | |
| - choose `yes`: continue | |
| - choose `no`: backup current token, prompt new `HF_TOKEN`, run `hf auth login --token <HF_TOKEN>`, and restore the previous token at the end | |
| - Ask for `space_name`, `dataset_name`, `OPENCLAW_VERSION`, gateway token/password, and optional LLM settings | |
| - Default `OPENCLAW_VERSION` to latest detected from npm registry (`openclaw`), fallback `latest` when detection fails | |
| - Auto-generate `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` (32 chars) and `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD` (16 chars) if left empty | |
| - Create private Space + Dataset and upload this repository | |
| - Configure Space `Variables and secrets` automatically, including: | |
| - `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_DATASET_REPO` | |
| - `OPENCLAW_VERSION` | |
| - `HF_TOKEN` | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PASSWORD` | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_CONTROLUI_ALLOW_INSECURE_AUTH=false` | |
| - `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_CONTROLUI_DANGEROUSLY_DISABLE_DEVICE_AUTH=false` | |
| - Optionally configure LLM triplet and set `OPENCLAW_SSHX_AUTO_START` from prompt choice (`true`/`false`) | |
| - Print planned deployment settings and require a final confirmation before creating/updating Space/Dataset resources | |
| - Print Hugging Face Space page URL, app URL, and `/healthz` | |
| If gateway token/password were auto-generated, the script prints them at the end. | |
| ## Agent Hand-off Prompt | |
| Copy and send to your agent: | |
| ``` | |
| Please deploy OpenClaw to Hugging Face by strictly following the deployment skill in https://github.com/tenfyzhong/openclaw-hf/blob/main/SKILL.md | |
| ``` | |
| ## Hugging Face Keep-Alive | |
| How to keep a Space available depends on hardware tier: | |
| - Free `cpu-basic`: the Space sleeps after inactivity (currently around 48h). It cannot be configured to run forever on free hardware. | |
| - Paid hardware: the Space runs continuously by default. In `Settings -> Hardware`, set `Sleep time` to `Never` (or use API with `sleep_time=-1`) for true 24/7 availability. | |
| - Cost-saving mode on paid hardware: set a custom `Sleep time` (for example `3600` seconds) so it auto-sleeps and auto-wakes on the next visit. | |
| Space URL composition: | |
| - Space repo ID format: `<owner>/<space_name>` (example: `tenfyzhong/openclaw-hf`) | |
| - Public runtime host format: `https://<owner>-<space_name>.hf.space` | |
| - OpenClaw health check URL: `https://<owner>-<space_name>.hf.space/healthz` | |
| - Inside the Space runtime, Hugging Face also provides `SPACE_HOST`, so health URL can be built as `https://${SPACE_HOST}/healthz`. | |
| Example: | |
| ```bash | |
| SPACE_ID="tenfyzhong/openclaw-hf" | |
| SPACE_HOST="${SPACE_ID/\//-}.hf.space" | |
| HEALTH_URL="https://${SPACE_HOST}/healthz" | |
| echo "$HEALTH_URL" | |
| ``` | |
| Keep-alive by periodic health checks: | |
| ```bash | |
| */5 * * * * HF_TOKEN=hf_xxx /path/to/repo/scripts/check-space-health.sh tenfyzhong/openclaw-hf >/dev/null || true | |
| ``` | |
| Notes: | |
| - For private Spaces, unauthenticated calls to `https://<owner>-<space_name>.hf.space/healthz` return a Hub 404 page. This is expected access control behavior. | |
| - For private Spaces, include `Authorization: Bearer <HF_TOKEN>` (the helper script above does this automatically via `HF_TOKEN` or `HUGGINGFACE_HUB_TOKEN`). | |
| - This ping strategy is a practical workaround for reducing idle sleep on free hardware, but it is not a guaranteed always-on method. | |
| - If you need strict 24/7 uptime, use paid hardware and set sleep time to `Never`. | |
| References: | |
| - <https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-gpus#sleep-time> | |
| - <https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/package_reference/space_runtime> | |
| - <https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-overview> | |
| Programmatic options (owner token required): | |
| ```python | |
| from huggingface_hub import HfApi | |
| api = HfApi(token="hf_xxx") | |
| repo_id = "your-username/your-space" | |
| # Keep running (paid hardware) | |
| api.set_space_sleep_time(repo_id=repo_id, sleep_time=-1) | |
| # Or sleep after 1 hour of inactivity | |
| api.set_space_sleep_time(repo_id=repo_id, sleep_time=3600) | |
| # Manual control | |
| api.pause_space(repo_id=repo_id) | |
| api.restart_space(repo_id=repo_id) | |
| ``` | |
| For this project, if you need stable dashboard access without cold starts, use paid hardware and set sleep time to `Never`. | |
| ## Backup/Restore Flow | |
| - Startup restore: on container startup, it tries to fetch `latest-backup.tar.gz` from the Dataset and restore: | |
| - `openclaw-state` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_SOURCE_DIR` (default `/root/.openclaw`) | |
| - `root-config` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CONFIG_DIR` (default `/root/.config`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-codex` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CODEX_DIR` (default `/root/.codex`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-claude` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CLAUDE_DIR` (default `/root/.claude`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-agents` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_AGENTS_DIR` (default `/root/.agents`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-ssh` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_SSH_DIR` (default `/root/.ssh`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-npm` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_NPM_DIR` (default `/root/.npm`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - `root-lark-cli` -> `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_LARK_CLI_DIR` (default `/root/.lark-cli`, restored only when present in archive) | |
| - Scheduled backup: cron runs based on `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_CRON` | |
| - Shutdown backup: when the container receives a stop signal, one final backup is uploaded before exit | |
| - Each backup upload includes: | |
| - `backups/openclaw-backup-<timestamp>.tar.gz` | |
| - archive root `openclaw-state/` | |
| - archive root `root-config/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CONFIG_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-codex/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CODEX_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-claude/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_CLAUDE_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-agents/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_AGENTS_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-ssh/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_SSH_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-npm/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_NPM_DIR` exists) | |
| - archive root `root-lark-cli/` (included when `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_ROOT_LARK_CLI_DIR` exists) | |
| - `latest-backup.tar.gz` | |
| - `latest-backup.json` | |
| - Retention: after upload, only the newest `OPENCLAW_BACKUP_KEEP_COUNT` timestamped archives are kept (default `48`); older timestamped archives are deleted automatically | |
| ## Use sshx Inside the Container | |
| `sshx` is preinstalled in the image. | |
| 1. Auto-start `sshx` in background via environment variables: | |
| ```bash | |
| OPENCLAW_SSHX_AUTO_START=true | |
| ``` | |
| When enabled, entrypoint starts `sshx` in background and sends `sshx` output directly to container stdout/stderr logs (no file logging). | |
| 2. Manual start inside container: | |
| ```bash | |
| sshx | |
| ``` | |
| 3. Let OpenClaw start a process itself (run in OpenClaw terminal/tool): | |
| ```bash | |
| nohup sshx >/proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2 & | |
| ``` | |
| 4. After use, close `sshx` process promptly: | |
| ```bash | |
| pgrep -fa sshx | |
| pkill -TERM -f '(^|/)sshx($| )' | |
| ``` | |
| ## Local Test | |
| ```bash | |
| python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_*.py' | |
| ``` | |
| Pull Requests to `main` run GitHub Actions CI automatically (`.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml`): | |
| - Unit tests: `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_*.py'` | |
| - Docker image build: `docker build` (via Buildx) with `OPENCLAW_VERSION=latest` | |
| ## License | |
| MIT. See `LICENSE`. | |