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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

Atticus vs Boba

Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that remember you.

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AtticusSaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) · Platform E42.9/100#974 of 1094 Bobahumans& ai, inc. · Platform F10.3/100#1084 of 1094

Which one, for what

Atticus E

Best for A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 68 against 15
  • Schema & documentation, 15 against 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0
  • Security & auth, 49 against 0
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 51 against 2
  • Transparency & trust, 56 against 39

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Open source

Watch for

No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call

Boba F

Best for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.

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

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAtticusBobaEdge
Reliability16%206815Atticus +53
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2150Atticus +15
Agent ergonomics13%16.290Atticus +9
Security & auth14%17.5490Atticus +49
Payments & pricing10%12.56030Atticus +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8512Atticus +49
Transparency & trust7%8.85639Atticus +17
Negative events≤1500
TotalE 42.9/100F 10.3/100

Facts side by side

FactAtticusBoba
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorSaarthurR (Saarth Ranka)humans& ai, inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneOAuth or key
PricingYour planFree
x402nono
LicenceMITClosed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnono
Last release2026-10-14none
Terms last updatedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linked
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver
Popularity163 starsnone

Verdicts

Atticus

Atticus runs a person's Mac by voice on their existing Claude or Devin plan, with a sandboxed safe mode and a local log of every command. It has no API, MCP server or documented command for another agent, it is five days old, and it rebuilds itself from the main branch every six hours by default.

Boba

Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.

Before you call either

Atticus

  1. Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box
  2. If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac
  3. Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings > About & Updates to turn off self-update

Boba

  1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.
  2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or Boba?

Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Are Atticus and Boba open source?

Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Boba.

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Disclosure

Boba 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.

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