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Claude Refugees: OpenClaw After the Anthropic API Ban
When Anthropic blocked API access, thousands of power users found OpenClaw. Get Claude-level intelligence with full tool access — email, calendar, code execution, web search — all without risking another ban.
Key Features
Use Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, or local modelsFull tool access: email, calendar, code execution, web searchRuns on your own hardware — no API dependencyPersistent memory across every conversationMessage via WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or iMessage
“After the Claude ban I found my new main model. I've been using OpenClaw for months with Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GPT 5.3/5.4. I'm the kind of person who needs flagship models as long as budgets are reasonable. The difference is OpenClaw actually takes action — it sends emails, manages my calendar, runs code. Claude just talks.”