Gonka.ai × OpenClaw

Almost-free
OpenClaw 🦞 AI agent
with Gonka.ai inference

GonkaClaw - is a one command to set up OpenClaw powered by Gonka's decentralized inference. Up to 100x cheaper than commercial APIs.

Up to 100x less money spent vs. commercial inference
$ bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gonkalabs/gonkaclaw/main/setup.sh)

Requires Docker, Node.js 22+, git, curl, and unzip

1

Installs openGNK proxy

Clones and starts the Gonka inference proxy — a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API running in Docker.

2

Creates a Gonka wallet

Downloads the Gonka CLI, generates a keypair, and registers your wallet on the network automatically.

3

Configures OpenClaw

Installs OpenClaw globally and points it at your local openGNK proxy with Qwen3 235B as the default model.

How it works

GonkaClaw connects two open-source projects: openGNK (a Gonka proxy that gives you an OpenAI-compatible API backed by decentralized inference) and OpenClaw (an AI agent framework).

Instead of paying $15–20 per million tokens to commercial providers, Gonka's decentralized network provides the same models at a fraction of the cost. The setup script handles all the plumbing — wallet creation, proxy configuration, and OpenClaw onboarding — in a single command.

  • OpenAI-compatible API — works with any tool that speaks the OpenAI protocol
  • Qwen3 235B — state-of-the-art open model with native tool calling
  • 240k context window — handle large codebases and documents
  • Automatic wallet & funding — just claim free tokens from the faucet
  • Retry & failover — built-in multi-node retry strategy
── Pre-flight checks ── [ ok] Docker is running [ ok] Node.js v22.14.0 found ── Step 1/5 — Install openGNK ── [info] Cloning openGNK... [ ok] openGNK cloned ── Step 2/5 — Create a new Gonka wallet ── [ ok] Wallet address: gonka1abc...xyz [ ok] Private key exported ── Step 3/5 — Configure & start openGNK ── [ ok] openGNK is running at http://localhost:8080 ── Step 4/5 — Install openCLAW ── [ ok] openCLAW installed ── Step 5/5 — Configure openCLAW ── [ ok] openCLAW configured with openGNK ── Setup complete! ──

Why it's almost free

Gonka's decentralized inference network provides the same models at a fraction of the cost

Commercial APIs
$15–20
per million tokens
  • Centralized providers
  • Rate limits & quotas
  • API keys & billing setup
  • Vendor lock-in
GonkaClaw
~$0.15
per million tokens (or less)
  • Decentralized inference
  • No rate limits
  • One-command setup
  • Open source, no lock-in

Prerequisites

Everything you need before running the setup

Docker

Running daemon

Node.js 22+

For OpenClaw

Git

To clone repos

curl & unzip

For downloads

Variable Default Description
INSTALL_DIR ./opengnk Where to clone the openGNK repo
OPENGNK_PORT 8080 Port for the openGNK proxy
NODE_URL http://node1.gonka.ai:8000 Gonka node for account creation
ACCOUNT_NAME opengnk-wallet Local wallet keyring entry name

After setup

Your next steps once GonkaClaw is running

1

Fund your wallet

Go to gonka.gg/faucet and paste your wallet address to claim free GNK tokens.

2

Open the dashboard

Run openclaw dashboard to access the OpenClaw web interface.

3

Start building

Use the proxy directly at localhost:8080/v1 or let OpenClaw handle everything.

Ready to get started?

Set up almost-free AI agents in under 5 minutes. One command, fully open source.

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