feat: backend selector setting

electron/main/index.ts

@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ async function initialize(): Promise<void> {
   });
 
   // Start Gateway automatically (this seeds missing bootstrap files with full templates)
+  const gatewayBackend = await getSetting('gatewayBackend');
   const gatewayAutoStart = await getSetting('gatewayAutoStart');
-  if (!isE2EMode && gatewayAutoStart) {
+  if (!isE2EMode && gatewayBackend === 'openclaw' && gatewayAutoStart) {
     try {
       await syncAllProviderAuthToRuntime();
       logger.debug('Auto-starting Gateway...');
@@ -487,6 +488,8 @@ async function initialize(): Promise<void> {
     }
   } else if (isE2EMode) {
     logger.info('Gateway auto-start skipped in E2E mode');
+  } else if (gatewayBackend !== 'openclaw') {
+    logger.info(`Gateway auto-start skipped (backend=${gatewayBackend})`);
   } else {
     logger.info('Gateway auto-start disabled in settings');
   }

electron/utils/store.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface AppSettings {
   gatewayAutoStart: boolean;
   gatewayPort: number;
   gatewayToken: string;
+  gatewayBackend: 'openclaw' | 'hermes';
   proxyEnabled: boolean;
   proxyServer: string;
   proxyHttpServer: string;
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ function createDefaultSettings(): AppSettings {
     gatewayAutoStart: true,
     gatewayPort: 18789,
     gatewayToken: generateToken(),
+    gatewayBackend: 'openclaw',
     proxyEnabled: false,
     proxyServer: '',
     proxyHttpServer: '',

src/pages/Settings/index.tsx

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { Switch } from '@/components/ui/switch';
 import { Separator } from '@/components/ui/separator';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
+import { Select } from '@/components/ui/select';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings';
 import { useGatewayStore } from '@/stores/gateway';
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ export function Settings() {
     setLaunchAtStartup,
     gatewayAutoStart,
     setGatewayAutoStart,
+    gatewayBackend,
+    setGatewayBackend,
     proxyEnabled,
     proxyServer,
     proxyHttpServer,
@@ -627,6 +630,24 @@ export function Settings() {
                 />
               </div>
 
+              <div className="flex flex-col sm:flex-row sm:items-center justify-between gap-3">
+                <div>
+                  <Label className="text-[15px] font-medium text-foreground">Backend</Label>
+                  <p className="text-[13px] text-muted-foreground mt-1">
+                    OpenClaw is the built-in gateway. Hermes requires WSL2 on Windows.
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+                <div className="w-full sm:w-56">
+                  <Select
+                    value={gatewayBackend}
+                    onChange={(event) => setGatewayBackend(event.target.value as 'openclaw' | 'hermes')}
+                  >
+                    <option value="openclaw">OpenClaw</option>
+                    <option value="hermes">Hermes</option>
+                  </Select>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+
 
               <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
                 <div>

src/stores/settings.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { resolveSupportedLanguage } from '../../shared/language';
 
 type Theme = 'light' | 'dark' | 'system';
 type UpdateChannel = 'stable' | 'beta' | 'dev';
+type GatewayBackend = 'openclaw' | 'hermes';
 
 interface SettingsState {
   // General
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ interface SettingsState {
   // Gateway
   gatewayAutoStart: boolean;
   gatewayPort: number;
+  gatewayBackend: GatewayBackend;
   proxyEnabled: boolean;
   proxyServer: string;
   proxyHttpServer: string;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ interface SettingsState {
   setTelemetryEnabled: (value: boolean) => void;
   setGatewayAutoStart: (value: boolean) => void;
   setGatewayPort: (port: number) => void;
+  setGatewayBackend: (value: GatewayBackend) => void;
   setProxyEnabled: (value: boolean) => void;
   setProxyServer: (value: string) => void;
   setProxyHttpServer: (value: string) => void;
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ const defaultSettings = {
   telemetryEnabled: true,
   gatewayAutoStart: true,
   gatewayPort: 18789,
+  gatewayBackend: 'openclaw' as GatewayBackend,
   proxyEnabled: false,
   proxyServer: '',
   proxyHttpServer: '',
@@ -157,6 +161,13 @@ export const useSettingsStore = create<SettingsState>()(
           body: JSON.stringify({ value: gatewayPort }),
         }).catch(() => { });
       },
+      setGatewayBackend: (gatewayBackend) => {
+        set({ gatewayBackend });
+        void hostApiFetch('/api/settings/gatewayBackend', {
+          method: 'PUT',
+          body: JSON.stringify({ value: gatewayBackend }),
+        }).catch(() => { });
+      },
       setProxyEnabled: (proxyEnabled) => set({ proxyEnabled }),
       setProxyServer: (proxyServer) => set({ proxyServer }),
       setProxyHttpServer: (proxyHttpServer) => set({ proxyHttpServer }),