# AstrBot vs Tomo > AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) to Tomo's 13.1 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.md (~2,650 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-12 AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Tomo leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message. - AstrBot: grade C, 58.8/100, rank #585 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/astrbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/astrbot.json - Tomo: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #989 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### AstrBot (C) Good for: Someone who wants one self-run bot answering on QQ, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Lark or WeCom, in private or group chats, with scheduled tasks, a knowledge base and plugins. Ahead on: - Reliability, 81 against 15 - Schema & documentation, 62 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0 - Security & auth, 44 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 81 against 54 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: No approval step before any tool call. The agent sends messages, creates scheduled tasks and calls MCP tools without asking ### Tomo (F) Good for: People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats. Ahead on: - Transparency & trust, 47 against 40 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | AstrBot | Tomo | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 81 | 15 | AstrBot +66 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 0 | AstrBot +62 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 0 | AstrBot +54 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 0 | AstrBot +44 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | AstrBot +50 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 54 | AstrBot +27 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 40 | 47 | Tomo +7 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **58.8 · C** | **13.1 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | AstrBot | Tomo | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | AstrBotDevs | Mapo Labs, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-09-29 | | Terms last updated | 2026-01-12 | | | Privacy policy last updated | 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 | 42k stars | none | ## Verdicts **AstrBot.** Fourteen official messaging adapters, scheduled tasks and scoped API keys come in one AGPL-3.0 program with releases most weeks. No tool call asks for approval, no mail, calendar or long-term memory connector is built in, and usage statistics, including the machine's hostname, are sent by default. **Tomo.** Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found. ## Before you call either ### AstrBot 1. Set `ASTRBOT_DISABLE_METRICS=1` before the first start. Statistics, including the hostname, are sent to tickstats.soulter.top by default 2. Set `dashboard.host` to 127.0.0.1 in `data/cmd_config.json`, or the `DASHBOARD_HOST` variable, unless remote access is intended. The default is 0.0.0.0 3. Create an `abk_` key in Settings, OpenAPI with only the scopes needed, and send it as `Authorization: Bearer` or `X-API-Key` 4. Include `username` in every `POST /api/v1/chat` body. Without the `chat:admin` scope an administrator ID is rejected 5. Check Extensions, Future Tasks after asking for a schedule. One-off tasks are deleted after their run even when the run fails ### Tomo 1. Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app. 2. Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, AstrBot or Tomo? AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Tomo leads on transparency & trust. ### Are AstrBot and Tomo open source? AstrBot is open source (AGPL-3.0-or-later). No open-source release is listed for Tomo. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "astrbot", "b": "tomo"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare astrbot tomo` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/astrbot.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json ## Other comparisons with AstrBot or Tomo - [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.md) - [AstrBot vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.md) - [AstrBot vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gemini-spark.md) - [AstrBot vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-grok-bot.md) - [AstrBot vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-haven.md) - [AstrBot vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent.md) - [AstrBot vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-instinct.md) - [AstrBot vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-ironclaw.md) - [AstrBot vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-leon.md) - [AstrBot vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-lindy.md) - [AstrBot vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanobot.md) - [AstrBot vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanoclaw.md) - [AstrBot vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.md) - [AstrBot vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw.md) - [AstrBot vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-picoclaw.md) - [AstrBot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.md) - [AstrBot vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [AstrBot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [AstrBot vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zo-computer.md) - [CowAgent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.md) - [GAIA vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.md) - [Grok Bot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.md) - [Haven vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.md) - [Hermes Agent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.md) - [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md) - [IronClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.md) - [Leon vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.md) - [Lindy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.md) - [nanobot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.md) - [NanoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.md) - [Dots vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.md) - [OpenClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.md) - [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md) - [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md) - [QwenPaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.md) - [Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.md) - [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Tomo vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.md) - [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md) - [AstrBot vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-natura.md) - [AstrBot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally.md) - [PicoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.md) - [AstrBot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - Tomo competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.