Daneel

Daneel is a Dioxus-based mission control UI for OpenClaw.

It is currently an early proof of concept focused on:

• a Rust-first Dioxus fullstack app
• typed routes and a shared operator UI shell
• live OpenClaw gateway connectivity through Dioxus server functions
• an agents view that renders live agent and active-session data

Current Features

• Dashboard with live gateway health status
• Agents page with compact live agent tiles
• Settings route scaffold
• Tailwind 4 styling pipeline
• Fullstack development workflow with hot reload

Tech Stack

• Rust 2024
• Dioxus 0.7
• Dioxus server functions
• Tailwind CSS 4
• OpenClaw Gateway over loopback WebSocket

Getting Started

Prerequisites:

• rustc
• cargo
• dx
• npm

Install or verify the web target if needed:

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

Start the app:

npm start

By default this serves the app at:

http://127.0.0.1:4127

For a lighter development workflow:

npm run dev

Developing Inside An OpenClaw Instance

This project is intended to work well when developed directly inside an OpenClaw machine, which is how the current environment is set up.

The expected local assumptions are:

• OpenClaw is installed on the same machine
• the OpenClaw gateway is reachable over loopback
• the gateway config lives at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• Daneel can read:
  • gateway.port
  • gateway.auth.token

Recommended setup inside an OpenClaw instance:

1. Clone the repository somewhere under your normal development workspace.
2. Make sure Rust, Cargo, the Dioxus CLI, and npm are available.
3. Verify the OpenClaw config exists:

test -f "$HOME/.openclaw/openclaw.json"

4. Verify the gateway config values are present:

jq '.gateway.port, .gateway.auth.token' "$HOME/.openclaw/openclaw.json"

5. Verify the Rust and Dioxus toolchain:

. "$HOME/.cargo/env"
rustc --version
cargo --version
dx --version
rustup target list --installed

6. Make sure the WASM target is installed:

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

7. Install the frontend dependencies:

npm install

8. Start the app:

npm start

This repo’s normal local development URL is:

http://127.0.0.1:4127

If you are connected to that OpenClaw machine through VS Code Remote or a similar remote environment, forward port 4127 and open the forwarded URL in your local browser.

Notes for this environment:

• Daneel talks to OpenClaw through server-side Dioxus server functions.
• The browser does not connect to the gateway directly.
• A working local OpenClaw gateway is part of the expected dev setup.
• If the gateway is unavailable, the dashboard and agents route will render degraded or failed backend states instead of live data.

Validation

Minimum checks:

npm run build:css
cargo fmt --all
cargo check
cargo check --features server
cargo test

The browser integration path now also runs through Cargo:

cargo test --test e2e_mock_gateway

Project Docs

• AGENTS.md
• docs/daneel_requirements.md
• docs/daneel_technical_design.md
• docs/milestones/proof-of-concept-1/poc_v1_task_breakdown.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.