Rheia — Server-grade OpenClaw, in one double-click

What it does

Installs the whole chain

WSL2 + Ubuntu + Node.js + official OpenClaw + a systemd gateway, in one pass. Ready when it finishes.

Reuses your Ubuntu

No dedicated distro. The Ubuntu you already run is the runtime — no second copy on disk.

Always the official build

No fork, no patch. Every upstream release is followed immediately, so you stay on the newest build.

Where it sits next to the official Windows options

	Official PowerShell install	Official Windows Hub	Rheia
Form	Command-line install	WinUI desktop app	Desktop shell
Runtime	Native Windows process	Provisions its own WSL distro	Your existing WSL2 + Ubuntu
Existing Ubuntu	Not involved	Lives alongside it — a second distro on disk	Reused, zero waste
Start at boot	You set it up yourself	Tray app	systemd service, starts with the machine
Downloads in China	Upstream only	Upstream only	Domestic / international mirrors, automatic

Work-ready out of the box

Once the gateway is up, the shell installs a set in the background:

@openclaw/tavily-plugin — web search
@mem9/mem9 — persistent memory
@weiwei2027/office-toolkit — Word / Excel / PPT / PDF
@cindypapa/agent-browser — browser automation
@paudyyin/summarize · @pskoett/self-improving-agent · @guipi888/find-skills · @spclaudehome/skill-vetter

Companions are installed too: LibreOffice (the soffice engine), the Chrome kernel, and python-docx / python-pptx / openpyxl / pymupdf / reportlab.

About the UI — full disclosure

On some machines the UI flickers under PySide6 (QtWebEngine). The cause is in Chromium's compositor, not in application code. GPU flags, the D3D11 backend and reduced motion were all tried; they tame part of it, but we cannot guarantee every GPU.

That is a trade-off known at selection time, not an incident. The real fix is on the roadmap: switch languages, buy a commercial licence.