# Liberate your OpenClaw

DevFeed: [Liberate your OpenClaw](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/liberate-your-openclaw-7331.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/liberate-your-openclaw>)

Author: Clem 🤗; ben burtenshaw; Pedro Cuenca; Jeff Boudier; merve; Niels Rogge; Victor Mustar; Mishig ᠮᠢᠰᠾᠢᠭ

Published: 2026-03-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [OpenClaw](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openclaw.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [hugging face](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugging-face.md>), [inference-providers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference-providers.md>), [llama.cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llama-cpp.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [inference-providers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference-providers.md>), [llama-cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llama-cpp.md>), [local-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local-ai.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [openclaw](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openclaw.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to restore OpenClaw agents using open models through Hugging Face Inference Providers or by running models locally with llama.cpp. It compares hosted and local approaches, covering privacy, cost, hardware, model selection, configuration, and local server setup.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.