Run a household AI chat app for the family
The poster built a self-hosted multi-user family chat app on OpenClaw, giving each person their own account, separate conversations and private chats.
Done withOpenClaw
- What they did
- The poster built Hearth as a self-hosted product layer on top of OpenClaw so an entire household could use one AI setup through separate accounts, private chats, and multiple conversations per person. It runs with a Vue 3 and Quasar frontend, a NestJS backend, PostgreSQL, and an OpenClaw plugin for AI routing; family members log in with PIN or biometrics, and the agent can handle reminders, attachments, image generation, text-to-speech, and model presets.
- How it went
- The stated outcome is that the poster’s family was using it daily in an early release, with the poster already using one LLM for his wife and son and having it set reminders for specific household members. It was still evolving, and planned smart-home integration had not been built yet.
- Worth knowing
- The main practical catch is that it is self-hosted, though the poster says there is a one-command installer and optional HTTPS via Caddy.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
Build a self-hosted family chat app on top of [my AI agent or model API] where each family member has their own account, separate conversation history and the option of private chats. Family members are [names]. Done means it runs locally with a README for setup, and ask me before installing anything system-wide or exposing it to the internet.
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