Author: 0xTodd

I feel there is a very unhealthy trend right now: either people are overly praising Lobster/OpenClaw to the heavens, or they are directly disparaging it as nothing more than a pyramid scheme with information.

In terms of an objective evaluation, I think Lobster deserves a score of 65 out of 100.

Lobster Actually Has Three Main Skills

Lobster essentially consists of: an external brain (Claude, GPT, MiniMax, etc.) + hands-on ability + super long prompts.

So, first of all, you can't expect it to have any major breakthroughs in IQ; its IQ hasn’t really changed at all. Its IQ is 99% dependent on which model you are using.

Of course, I suspect part of the reason some people are blowing it up is because they have never used Claude Opus 4.6 before. Now that they use Claude through some intermediaries, like OpenRouter, and suddenly switch to a new model, they naturally feel it's smarter.

The second point is hands-on ability.

Before, these AIs were merely consultants, and nobody really likes consultants. Now that they have hands-on ability, they feel more like employees. But to be honest, they are about at the intern level, just with sweet talk.

The third point is prompts.

Because Lobster comes with a set of super long prompts by default. To be honest, the vast majority of people's prompt-writing skills don't reach that level.

So after using it, people will think: "Wow, Lobster is amazing!"

Moreover, it's human nature to be lazy; no one wants to create a set of very long prompts when chatting traditionally.

Who is Disparaging Lobster?

Conversely, some people completely belittle Lobster, and I can understand their motives.

Lobster only spends money; it doesn't make money.

Essentially, this is not just a problem with Lobster. Whether you're using GPT or Claude, you can't earn money just by using these AIs.

Didn’t everyone lose money in the AI coin trading competition?

PS: In the AI coin trading competition, Doubao won—because Doubao didn't open an account.

They can't earn money in their normal forms, and just encapsulating them in Lobster doesn’t mean they can earn money because their IQ hasn't changed.

Since AI really can't make money, some people can only resort to strategies like: installing on behalf, selling courses.

To make money through selling courses and installation services, you need to puff Lobster up to be god-like; some began doing this during the era of Mimeng.

In this case, it's just a 65-point thing, but you forcefully claim it to be 130 points, calling it a Web 4.0 revolution.

After everyone toils for a long time and finds out: “Wow, it’s not even 130 points.” Naturally, this sense of disappointment becomes very strong. The gap between buyer and seller showcases is enormous, making it hard not to flop.

My Evaluation

If you ask me for an evaluation, I quite like Lobster's format.

I feel it has character; I've mentioned this before, and it feels good.

Currently, I'm using Minimax M2.5, which is quite low-cost domestically, and it uses Claude Haiku for image recognition, creating a sweet spot.

It chats with me, does some minor tasks, didn't cost too many tokens, and is quite enjoyable.

This is also a small horse crossing the river dilemma. A friend of mine uses Claude Opus 4.6, which costs 20 times what I pay, and if the output isn't good, it can be quite disappointing.

I didn't spend much; if I generate something unusable, I can just toss it without feeling regret.

Because Vibe Coding is like a new era slot machine, I play once for 5 cents, while you play once for 1 dollar; even if my odds are slightly lower, the price difference creates a completely different feel.

Security Issues Can't Have a Horses and Racing Analogy

People often say that OpenClaw surpassed React, which took 13 years to accumulate 240,000 stars, in just 3 months and even left the 40-year-old Linux kernel behind.

But little do they know that OpenClaw's number of bugs has also left Linux behind.

If you take a closer look at OpenClaw's page on GitHub, the star count is indeed in the top 10 globally. However, the various bugs in the issues have reached an astounding 5000+.

What does 5000+ mean? It’s because GitHub projects can display a maximum of 5000+ bug issues.

This isn’t OpenClaw's limit; this is GitHub's limit.

In comparison, another open-source software with 200,000 stars, Vue, only has 359 issues.

Therefore, I think many ordinary people are actually not very suited to use open-source software. Open-source software is best suited for those with a certain foundation, especially those with security awareness.

If you recklessly give OpenClaw many permissions, then if it gets hacked, I think, right?

(In fact, there aren't many who get truly hacked, but such news has a good spread. One moment it’s reported that hundreds of thousands of people are exposed, the next moment it is said that credit cards are maxed out, which may create negative perceptions of Lobster.)

In such cases, you shouldn't compare Gemini, Claude, and Doubao, Qianwen—software that has undergone mature security validations and is available for the general public—to an open-source geek software.

This is like a horses and racing analogy.

There’s a saying in the software development world called "fool-proof mechanisms." Traditional AIs do this very well, but Lobster currently has a truckload of bugs. After all, it is open-source software, even more so, it’s open-source software written with vibe coding.

Even Google had news not long ago where a man in Florida had been chatting with Gemini for a long time and ultimately committed suicide, and his family even sued Google.

Imagine, a big company with such high-security standards can still have problems; then don’t even mention Lobster, right?

Conclusion: Should I Install Lobster?

So all in all, to sum it up: If you ask me for an objective evaluation of Lobster, I think:

If you have some technical foundation and also enjoy tinkering, then treat it as a research project.

Or, you simply have some free time and want to grab the eggs issued by Shenzhen.

I think it's fun, and as a form of entertainment, just have this mindset while playing with Lobster.

But don’t have the mindset of "making big money" or "leading Web 4.0," as that will definitely lead to disappointment.

If you're usually busy and don't have time to tinker, then just use ordinary Claude, Gemini, or even Doubao, DeepSeek; I think this so-called revolution won't leave you missing out too much.

The term FOMO originally means fear of missing out. But having used this for several days, I can honestly tell you, you won't miss out on much.

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