🔄 Update Plus

A comprehensive backup, update, and restore tool for your OpenClaw environment. Protect your config, workspace, and skills with automatic rollback, encrypted backups, and cloud sync.

Quick Start

# Check for available updates
update-plus check

# Create a full backup
update-plus backup

# Update everything (creates backup first)
update-plus update

# Preview changes (no modifications)
update-plus update --dry-run

# Restore from backup
update-plus restore openclaw-backup-2026-01-25-12:00:00.tar.gz

Features

Feature

Description

Full Backup	Backup entire environment (config, workspace, skills)
Auto Backup	Creates backup before every update
Auto Rollback	Reverts to previous commit if update fails
Smart Restore	Restore everything or specific parts (config, workspace)
Multi-Directory	Separate prod/dev skills with independent update settings
Encrypted Backups	Optional GPG encryption
Cloud Sync	Upload backups to Google Drive, S3, Dropbox via rclone
Notifications	Get notified via WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord
Connection Retry	Auto-retry on network failure (configurable)

Installation

git clone  ~/.openclaw/skills/update-plus

Add to PATH

mkdir -p ~/bin
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
ln -sf ~/.openclaw/skills/update-plus/bin/update-plus ~/bin/update-plus

Configuration

Create ~/.openclaw/update-plus.json:

{
  "backup_dir": "~/.openclaw/backups",
  "backup_before_update": true,
  "backup_count": 5,
  "backup_paths": [
    {"path": "~/.openclaw", "label": "config", "exclude": ["backups", "logs"]},
    {"path": "~/.openclaw/workspace", "label": "workspace", "exclude": ["node_modules"]}
  ],
  "skills_dirs": [
    {"path": "~/.openclaw/skills", "label": "prod", "update": true}
  ],
  "notifications": {
    "enabled": false,
    "target": "+1234567890"
  },
  "connection_retries": 3,
  "connection_retry_delay": 60
}

Commands

Command

Description

update-plus check	Check for available updates
update-plus backup	Create a full backup
update-plus update	Update OpenClaw and all skills
update-plus update --dry-run	Preview changes
update-plus restore	Restore from backup
update-plus install-cron	Install automatic updates (daily 2 AM)
update-plus uninstall-cron	Remove cron job

Changelog

v4.0.3

• Check for updates BEFORE backup (skip backup if already up to date)
• No more wasted bandwidth/storage when nothing to update

v4.0.2

• Use curl instead of ping for connection check (more reliable)
• Works through firewalls and when Mac wakes from sleep

v4.0.1

• Added Homebrew path detection (/opt/homebrew/bin) for cron jobs
• Added ~/bin to cron PATH for local symlinks
• Updated example config with clearer workspace structure

v4.0.0

• OpenClaw only (removed moltbot/clawdbot legacy support)
• Simplified configuration and paths
• Config: ~/.openclaw/update-plus.json

v3.x

• Multi-bot support (openclaw, moltbot, clawdbot)
• Connection retry for cron jobs

Author

MIT