OpenFang review: Ubuntu setup and provider failures

This February 2026 OpenFang review follows an Ubuntu installation and attempts to configure and chat with agents. The project describes itself as an open source agent operating system built in Rust. Its central feature is "hands": prebuilt autonomous agents that run on schedules. The speaker questions whether scheduling distinguishes it from OpenClaw variants, but sees value in making that setup easier.

The speaker reports spending about seven hours trying to connect Ollama models and embeddings without success. For the demonstration, he switches to OpenRouter and selects Gemini 2.5 Flash. Initialization detects an existing OpenClaw installation and offers migration; he chooses a fresh start and the web dashboard.

The walkthrough covers provider settings, channel configuration and agent templates. A Telegram configuration screen accepts a bot token and provides save and test controls, though he does not complete that integration. He also tries creating agents through the dashboard and terminal.

The attempts expose several problems in his session: an unexpected model selection, a misleading channel connection status, a failed researcher-hand activation and unsuccessful chat requests. A later agent shows the intended model but still fails to reply. These are the speaker's reported results, not proof that every installation fails. The video documents setup trouble rather than a working local AI deployment.