{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "atticus", "name": "Atticus", "vendor": "SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka)", "vendorUrl": "https://saarthurr.github.io/atticus-mac/", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Atticus is an open-source macOS menu bar assistant that takes spoken or typed requests and operates apps, windows, files and the web, using the owner's Claude Code or Devin CLI plan as its model.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SaarthurR/atticus-mac", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No Atticus account. The app calls `claude -p` on the owner's signed-in Claude Pro or Max plan, or the Devin CLI on a Devin plan, so no API key is pasted. A $5 Gumroad licence check existed until 11 October 2026 and is switched off in the source.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT. It needs a paid Claude Pro or Max plan through Claude Code, or a Devin plan through the Devin CLI. The README estimates about 0.18 US cents of plan usage per AI request at API list rates. The source keeps a Gumroad product ID for \"when sales start\".", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, the README or the project site (checked 2026-10-15). The app has nothing to buy.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 163, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-15" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/SaarthurR/atticus-mac#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client", "desktop.control", "meetings.transcript", "meetings.summary" ], "tags": [ "not-for-agents", "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "byo-plan", "mit", "macos", "swift", "python", "voice", "claude-code", "desktop-app", "telemetry-default-on", "approvals" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 42.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 974, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 9, "maintenance": 51, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 15, "security": 49, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-15" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser.", "strengths": [ "MIT source, with 301 offline tests run by public CI on every push", "Safe mode on by default, with sandboxed shell commands, prompts before delete, send or buy, and rm and sudo denied", "Every request, step and cost logged locally in ~/.config/atticus/log.jsonl", "Speech recognised on the Mac, and simple requests run with no model call", "Telemetry described in the README, with a daily ping that can be turned off and failure reports off by default" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call", "Pulls and builds the main branch every six hours by default, with no signed or tagged release step", "Five days old, one maintainer, two tagged releases and no changelog or deprecation policy", "No privacy policy, SECURITY.md or security.txt", "Needs macOS 26 and a paid Claude Pro or Max plan or a Devin plan" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box", "If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac", "Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings \u003e About \u0026 Updates to turn off self-update" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 42.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 9, "maintenance": 51, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 15, "security": 49, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SaarthurR/atticus-mac/main/install.sh | bash" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.memory", "tool": "https://letme.dev/atticus" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Saarth Ranka (GitHub SaarthurR), individual", "domain": "saarthurr.github.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/SaarthurR/atticus-mac/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-15", "notes": [ "The commit author is Saarth Ranka. The GitHub account SaarthurR lists saarthranka.com and California and was created in January 2023. No company is named.", "The project site is a GitHub Pages page with no terms or privacy policy. /privacy, /llms.txt and /.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 15 October 2026. The repository has no SECURITY.md.", "The software runs on the owner's Mac, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check. Telemetry goes to PostHog's US capture endpoint." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.json" }, "answer": "Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "szn", "name": "szn", "vendor": "Nomadic Futures", "vendorUrl": "https://theszn.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "szn (pronounced season) is a hosted personal assistant that carries out errands end to end. It makes phone calls, sends emails, books and follows up for the owner, reached through its web app, iMessage, SMS and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json", "license": "Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-in through Google or Apple, and some parts can be used without an account under a temporary anonymous session (https://theszn.ai/privacy). New accounts start from an access-code page (https://theszn.ai/access). Gmail access is read-only and Google Calendar access can read, create and change events (https://theszn.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"Free during early preview\" (https://theszn.ai, checked 14 October 2026). No paid plan was found. The acceptable use policy says users are responsible for \"token consumption and costs from executed tasks\" (https://theszn.ai/aup), and the privacy policy says payments go through providers such as Stripe.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on theszn.ai, its llms.txt, privacy policy and acceptable use policy, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://theszn.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "voice.calls", "email.send", "mailbox.read", "calendar.write", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "travel.booking", "memory.user", "tasks.create" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "waitlist", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "szn 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 7.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1094, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 43, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 23 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.", "bestFor": "A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.", "disclosure": "szn 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.", "strengths": [ "Free during the early preview.", "Credentials can be kept in an encrypted vault that the privacy policy says isn't shared with AI providers.", "Gmail access is read-only, per the privacy policy." ], "weaknesses": [ "Early access by access code only.", "No terms of service found, and no legal entity named in its policies.", "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content and doesn't name its AI providers.", "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.", "Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 7.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 19 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/szn" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "theszn.ai", "domainRegistered": "2024-12-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://theszn.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No terms of service were found. The sitemap lists the home, product, methodology, access, privacy and AUP pages only.", "The privacy policy and AUP name the service as theszn.ai (\"szn\") with no legal entity. llms.txt says szn is built and operated by Nomadic Futures (https://nomadicfutures.ai); its legal form is not stated.", "Contact hello@theszn.ai. theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2024-12-18 for theszn.ai." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.json", "live": { "slug": "szn", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:46:13.420953506Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://theszn.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T14:15:12.51997879Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://theszn.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:08:39.658057331Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c3da9dc171b7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T21:08:39.658057331Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka)", "b": "Nomadic Futures", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-14", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "163 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or szn?" }, { "answer": "Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for szn.", "question": "Are Atticus and szn open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 15 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 49 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 51 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 56 against 23" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser.", "slug": "atticus", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.", "slug": "szn", "watchFor": "Early access by access code only." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.memory", "name": "Assistants that remember 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-boski.json", "title": "Atticus vs Boski", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-boski" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-brea.json", "title": "Atticus vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Atticus vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Atticus vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-del.json", "title": "Atticus vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Atticus vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Atticus vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Atticus vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Atticus vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-haven.json", "title": "Atticus vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Atticus vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Atticus vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Atticus vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-leon.json", "title": "Atticus vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Atticus vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Atticus vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-natura.json", "title": "Atticus vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Atticus vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Atticus vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Atticus vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Atticus vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally.json", "title": "Atticus vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-poke.json", "title": "Atticus vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Atticus vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Atticus vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Atticus vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-town.json", "title": "Atticus vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Atticus vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Atticus vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Atticus vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Atticus vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys.json", "title": "szn vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-atticus.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Atticus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-atticus" } ], "scores": [ { "atticus": 68, "by": 63, "edge": "atticus", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "szn": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "atticus": 15, "by": 5, "edge": "atticus", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "szn": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "atticus": 9, "by": 9, "edge": "atticus", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "szn": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "atticus": 49, "by": 49, "edge": "atticus", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "szn": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "atticus": 60, "by": 40, "edge": "atticus", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "szn": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "atticus": 51, "by": 49, "edge": "atticus", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "szn": 2, "weight": 7 }, { "atticus": 56, "by": 33, "edge": "atticus", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "szn": 23, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that remember you.", "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.", "szn": "szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.min.md" }, "markdown": "Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that remember you.\n\n- Atticus: grade E, 42.9/100, rank #974 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json\n- szn: grade F, 7.3/100, rank #1094 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 875 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Atticus (E)\n\nGood for: A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 15 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 49 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 51 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 56 against 23\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call\n\n### szn (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.\n\nWatch for: Early access by access code only.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Atticus | szn | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 5 | Atticus +63 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 10 | Atticus +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 0 | Atticus +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 0 | Atticus +49 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Atticus +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 2 | Atticus +49 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 23 | Atticus +33 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.9 · E** | **7.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Atticus | szn |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | Nomadic Futures |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-14 | none |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 163 stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**szn.** szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Atticus\n\n1. Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box\n2. If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac\n3. Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings \u003e About \u0026 Updates to turn off self-update\n\n### szn\n\n1. Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.\n2. Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or szn?\n\nAtticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Atticus and szn open source?\n\nAtticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for szn.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-szn.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"atticus\", \"b\": \"szn\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare atticus szn`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Atticus or szn\n\n- [asaply vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.md)\n- [Asmi vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-szn.md)\n- [AstrBot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boski vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.md)\n- [Brea vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.md)\n- [Caddy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.md)\n- [CowAgent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.md)\n- [Del vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.md)\n- [folk vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.md)\n- [GAIA vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-szn.md)\n- [Haven vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-szn.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.md)\n- [Instinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [IronClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Lindy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.md)\n- [nanobot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-szn.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Dots vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orbits vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Poke vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo.md)\n- [szn vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.md)\n- [szn vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.md)\n- [szn vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [szn vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-szn.md)\n- [Leon vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-szn.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-szn.md)\n- [Pally vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.md)\n- [szn vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-wajo.md)\n- [asaply vs Atticus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-atticus.md)\n- [Asmi vs Atticus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-atticus.md)\n- [Atticus vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-boba.md)\n- [Atticus vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-boski.md)\n- [Atticus vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-brea.md)\n- [Atticus vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Atticus vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Atticus vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-del.md)\n- [Atticus vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Atticus vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Atticus vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Atticus vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Atticus vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-haven.md)\n- [Atticus vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Atticus vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Atticus vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Atticus vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-leon.md)\n- [Atticus vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Atticus vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Atticus vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-natura.md)\n- [Atticus vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Atticus vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Atticus vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Atticus vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Atticus vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally.md)\n- [Atticus vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-poke.md)\n- [Atticus vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Atticus vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Atticus vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Atticus vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-town.md)\n- [Atticus vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Atticus vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Atticus vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Atticus vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [szn vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Atticus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-atticus.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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