NVIDIA NemoClaw

NVIDIA

Open Source

Open-source reference stack that runs always-on agents like OpenClaw inside NVIDIA OpenShell sandboxes with policy and managed inference.

Curated by Tiberiu ArvaVerified 2026-09-30

Apache 2.0

Docs Repository

Strengths

OpenShell sandbox with network policy
Credential custody outside the agent
Local or remote inference routing

Practitioner note

Useful for containing personal or always-on agents (OpenClaw, Hermes, Deep Agents) with Balanced/Restricted/Open policy tiers, especially on DGX Spark or Linux/macOS/WSL hosts. Alpha status and no releases mean it is a pilot tool, not a production control.

Warning

NVIDIA NemoClaw: Alpha project per the README (checked 2026-09-30): maintainers respond on a best-effort basis; no tagged releases yet.

Governance posture

Reviewed 2026-09-30

YesData residency

Runs on operator hardware; inference goes local (Ollama/vLLM) or to a remote provider the operator selects.

Source

YesDeployment model

Self-hosted on DGX Spark/Station, Linux, macOS or Windows WSL. (self-hosted)

Source

UnknownAudit logging

Audit logging is not described in the NemoClaw docs overview or README.

N/ASOC 2

Self-hosted OSS; SOC 2 applies to the operator's infrastructure, not the package.

N/AISO 27001

Self-hosted OSS; ISO 27001 applies to the operator's ISMS, not the package.

N/AISO 42001

Self-hosted OSS; ISO 42001 applies to the deploying organisation.

N/AEU AI Act

Sandboxing runtime component, not an AI system placed on the market; obligations rest with the deployer. (role: not-applicable)

YesLicense risk

Apache 2.0 — permissive, OSI-approved. (low)

Source

EU AI Act obligations

Risk tier: Not applicable · as of 2026-08-23

Source-backed information mapped from NVIDIA NemoClaw's tracked risk tier — not legal advice. Obligations depend on how your organisation deploys the system; see the full obligation reference and timeline.

This record's EU AI Act risk tier is marked not applicable, so no tier-specific obligations attach. Deployers embedding it in an AI system in scope of the Act should assess that system's own tier.

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