# AgentOS vs guilds.run

> AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) to guilds.run's 56.5 (C) for agent frameworks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-15

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.

- AgentOS: grade BB, 75.3/100, rank #55 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentos.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentos.json
- guilds.run: grade C, 56.5/100, rank #677 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guilds-run.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guilds-run.json
- Best agent frameworks and SDKs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/frameworks/index.md
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## Which one, for what

### AgentOS (BB)

Good 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)

Good 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.

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


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | AgentOS | guilds.run | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 53 | AgentOS +24 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 58 | AgentOS +34 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 67 | AgentOS +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 81 | 68 | AgentOS +13 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 41 | AgentOS +46 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 52 | AgentOS +12 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **75.3 · BB** | **56.5 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | AgentOS | guilds.run |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Framers Lab, Inc. | Cigale AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-06 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-06 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 677 stars, 5.3k npm/wk | 57 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).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-guilds-run.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-guilds-run.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "agentos", "b": "guilds-run"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare agentos guilds-run`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agentos.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guilds-run.json

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