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Head to head · Agent frameworks · October 2026 research run

AgentOS vs guilds.run

AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent frameworks.

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AgentOSFramers Lab, Inc. · Agent framework BB75.3/100#55 of 1084 guilds.runCigale AI · Agent framework C56.5/100#674 of 1084

Which one, for what

AgentOS BB

Best for TypeScript teams that want long-term memory, personas, voice and channel adapters and multi-agent teams in one package, and that will pin versions.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 77 against 53
  • Schema & documentation, 92 against 58
  • Agent ergonomics, 74 against 67
  • Security & auth, 81 against 68
  • Maintenance & community, 87 against 41
  • Transparency & trust, 64 against 52

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better

Watch for

Version 0.12.12, with 27 releases on 7 and 8 October 2026 and breaking minors 0.11.0 and 0.12.0 on the same day

guilds.run C

Best for A person or small team that wants a standing, inspectable team of agents with schedules, shared tables and a web app, run on one machine, and is comfortable tracking main.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

No tagged release, version number, changelog or published image. Users install whatever is on main

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAgentOSguilds.runEdge
Reliability16%207753AgentOS +24
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.29258AgentOS +34
Agent ergonomics13%16.27467AgentOS +7
Security & auth14%17.58168AgentOS +13
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88741AgentOS +46
Transparency & trust7%8.86452AgentOS +12
Negative events≤15-2-2
TotalBB 75.3/100C 56.5/100

Facts side by side

FactAgentOSguilds.run
KindAgent frameworkAgent framework
VendorFramers Lab, Inc.Cigale AI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0AGPL-3.0-only
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
Last release2026-10-08none
Terms last updated2025-11-06no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2025-11-06no document linked
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularity677 stars, 5.3k npm/wk57 stars

Verdicts

AgentOS

A TypeScript agent framework with typed tools, six multi-agent strategies, checkpointed graphs, approval gates and no telemetry of its own. It is at 0.12.12 after 98 releases in 90 days, two of them breaking on 7 October 2026. No MCP client was found in the package, and code tools an agent writes run in an in-process node:vm context.

guilds.run

A self-hosted multi-agent system that records each run's prompt, tool calls and memory changes, with per-agent models and tools and no telemetry by default. Public since 9 October 2026, it has no tagged release or published package, its own security register lists 13 open issues, and the site's terms and privacy links return 404.

Before you call either

AgentOS

  1. Pin an exact version of @framers/agentos. Feature commits ship as patch releases while it is 0.x, and breaking changes ship as minors
  2. Leave emergentConfig.allowSandboxTools off unless forged code runs through an executor that isolates. The default executor shares the host process
  3. Pass your own ICheckpointStore to compile() for runs that must survive a restart. The default store is in memory
  4. Set hitl.approvals.beforeTool for tools that write, and choose a handler. No approval gate is on by default
  5. Use Node 22 or newer, and set a provider key such as OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. The provider is detected from the environment

guilds.run

  1. Keep the box on loopback or behind an authenticating proxy with AUTH_MODE=trusted-header. The default mode does not authenticate
  2. Put agents that hold different secrets or GitHub tokens on different machines. Agents on one machine can read each other's homes and tokens
  3. Back up the .env file written by ./setup.sh. It holds the only copy of the key that encrypts stored credentials
  4. Set a spend limit at your model provider. guilds.run sets no spend cap, and max_tool_calls defaults to 50 per run
  5. Pin a commit of main when you deploy. There are no tagged releases or versioned images yet

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, AgentOS or guilds.run?

AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Are AgentOS and guilds.run open source?

Yes. AgentOS is open source (Apache-2.0). guilds.run is open source (AGPL-3.0-only).

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