# Agent Zero vs Crush (slim)

> Crush scores 56.5 (C) to Agent Zero's 54.2 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Crush scores 56.5 (C) on agent readiness against Agent Zero's 54.2 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Agent Zero leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Agent Zero: C 54.2, rank #775 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.min.md
- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Agent Zero, good for A technical owner who wants an agent with its own Linux machine, reachable from Telegram, WhatsApp or email, with scheduled tasks and editable memory. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 62 against 52; Security & auth, 54 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 82 against 75. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Agent Zero loses 6 points for them.

| Category | Agent Zero | Crush |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 62 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 55 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Agent Zero | Crush |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agent Zero, s.r.o. | Charm |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-09 |
| Popularity | 19k stars | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |