🧱 WednesdayAI — The AI Platform That Stays Yours

WednesdayAI is a hard fork of OpenClaw at v2026.3.2, maintained by ExpansionX Partners.

Named in homage to the original Wednesday framework — many of the ideas and features built into Monday and Saturday were first explored there. We forked because we needed a stable foundation to build on, not a moving target.

Tagline: Make it yours.

The Problem

You loved OpenClaw. Then came the refactors. The breaking changes. The "nice new feature that broke everything else."

You just wanted to build something. Instead, you spent your Saturday fixing what upstream broke on Wednesday.

We did too. So we forked from v2026.3.2 — the last truly stable release — and made a promise: Breaking changes stay out of core. Extensions are how you add power. Period.

The Solution

WednesdayAI keeps the core lean, stable, and fast. Everything else lives in extensions, plugins, and the SDK.

• ✅ Core stays frozen — no surprise refactors, no whack-a-mole
• ✅ Extensions are first-class — add power without touching core
• ✅ Local-first — your data, your machine, your rules
• ✅ Cloud-ready — same contracts support single-user and multi-tenant

Install in 3 commands

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/expansionx/wednesdayai-core.git && cd wednesdayai-core

# 2. Configure
cp config.example.json config.json
# Edit config.json with your model provider and API keys

# 3. Run
npm install && npm start

That's it. No wizard required. No upstream surprises.

What Makes WednesdayAI Different

| | OpenClaw (upstream) | WednesdayAI | | -------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | Philosophy | Ship fast, refactor often | Stability first, extend via plugins | | Breaking changes | Frequent in core | Frozen core, stable contracts | | Extensions | Limited ecosystem | First-class plugin SDK + marketplace | | Data ownership | Cloud-dependent options | Local-first, always | | Target user | Early adopters who ship daily | Builders who value stability |

Core Architecture: The Interaction Kernel

WednesdayAI is built around a stable interaction kernel — a small, fast core that handles routing, sessions, runs, policy, media, delivery, and audit. Everything else plugs in:

• Transport integrations — WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and more
• Client surfaces — Web, desktop, mobile, voice-first, avatar UIs
• Capability plugins — Speech-to-text, memory, RAG, model providers, tools
• Agent runtime adapters — OpenClaw-style runners, Codex, process runners, HTTP agents

Core owns the contracts. You own the experience.

Read the Vision for the full architecture direction.

Channels Supported

WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, BlueBubbles (iMessage), iMessage (legacy), IRC, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Feishu, LINE, Mattermost, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Zalo, Zalo Personal, WebChat.

Voice and canvas on macOS, iOS, and Android.

Full channel docs: docs.wednesdayai.dev/channels

Get Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 22
• Git

Recommended Install

npm install -g wednesdayai@latest
# or: pnpm add -g wednesdayai@latest

wednesdayai onboard --install-daemon

The wizard sets up the Gateway daemon (launchd/systemd user service) so it stays running.

Quick Start

# Start the gateway
wednesdayai gateway --port 18789 --verbose

# Send a message
wednesdayai message send --to +1234567890 --message "Hello from WednesdayAI"

# Talk to the assistant
wednesdayai agent --message "Ship checklist" --thinking high

Full getting started guide

Development

git clone https://github.com/expansionx/wednesdayai-core.git
cd wednesdayai-core

pnpm install
pnpm ui:build
pnpm build

pnpm wednesdayai onboard --install-daemon

# Dev loop (auto-reload on TS changes)
pnpm gateway:watch

Switch channels: wednesdayai update --channel stable|beta|dev

Documentation

• Getting Started
• Configuration
• Security
• Plugin SDK
• API Reference
• Discord Community
• Brand Guidelines

Commercial Offerings

WednesdayAI is open source and free. We also build on top of it:

• Saturday (mysaturday.app) — AI companion for everyone. Consumer-friendly interface powered by WednesdayAI.
• WednesdayAI Business — Hosted or on-premise deployments with SLA, support, and training for teams and enterprises.
• ExpansionX Training — Executive briefings and hands-on AI upskilling for organisations.

Interested? Get in touch.

Community & Contributing

• 💬 Discord
• 🐛 Issues
• 📝 Contributing Guide

WednesdayAI is maintained by ExpansionX Partners Pty Ltd and the open-source community.

License

MIT © ExpansionX Partners Pty Ltd