# Chowder for iOS

> Open source iOS client and Live Activity UI for OpenClaw agents

Chowder is a native Swift client designed to connect iOS devices to an OpenClaw AI agent gateway over Tailscale and WebSockets. It showcases agent-first mobile UI patterns, displaying multi-step agent reasoning, tool execution, and task completions directly through iOS Live Activities and inline chat animations.

Website: https://github.com/newmaterialco/chowder-iOS

## What it is for

- Monitor multi-step autonomous AI agent runs directly from the iOS lock screen
- Interact with a self-hosted OpenClaw personal AI assistant over a private Tailscale network
- Study reference implementations of iOS Live Activities and streaming interfaces tailored for agentic workflows

## Features

- Lock-screen Live Activity tracking for active agent runs
- Streaming AI responses over WebSocket using the OpenClaw Gateway Protocol
- Real-time visibility into agent thinking steps and tool executions with haptic feedback
- Two-way identity and profile synchronization with agent workspace markdown files
- Persistent local chat history that survives app relaunches
- Built-in standalone demo mode to test Live Activity animations without host connectivity

## Pricing

Open source. Free and open source under the MIT license.

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: iOS
- For: iOS developers and self-hosters experimenting with mobile agent interfaces and OpenClaw setups
- Tags: ios, swiftui, ai agents, live activity, openclaw, websocket

## Why it was saved

- [@aaronabentheuer, 23 February 2026](https://x.com/aaronabentheuer/status/2025949178744979749): Where to get or contribute to the mobile agent UI the tweet announces; the UI-pattern library itself is said to be on GitHub too.

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Updated 10 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/chowder-for-ios

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