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          "www.autoitscript.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 14 October 2026.",
          "robots.txt disallows /autoit3/files/, which holds downloads and betas. One request to that path was made by mistake during this check, its response was discarded unread, and no fact here comes from it."
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          "JSON schemas for run results, executable suites and Libdoc library specs are published in doc/schema",
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          "No official MCP server. MCP servers for Robot Framework found on PyPI and Glama are community projects",
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          "Use `--dryrun` to validate a suite without running keywords, and `--rerunfailed output.xml` to repeat only failures",
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          "No terms of service govern the software beyond the Apache-2.0 licence, so `terms` is left out.",
          "The privacy policy covers the robotframework.org and RoboCon websites, not the framework, which runs on the owner's machine. It names Google Analytics and keeps analytics data for 50 months.",
          "COPYRIGHT.txt reads Copyright 2008 to 2015 Nokia Networks and 2016 onwards Robot Framework Foundation."
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        "a": "AutoIt Consulting",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robot-framework.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/robot-framework.json\n- Best desktop and mobile app automation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/desktop-automation/index.md\n- All 15 desktop comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/desktop-automation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### AutoIt (D)\n\nGood for: An agent automating Windows desktop apps on one machine, and AutoItX lets C# or PowerShell code call the same functions.\n\nWatch for: Closed source under a licence that forbids reverse engineering\n\n### Robot Framework (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that write or run keyword-driven test and RPA suites across web, desktop and mobile through libraries.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 95 against 59\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 52\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 51\n- Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Desktop and mobile control depend on separate libraries, such as AppiumLibrary and AutoItLibrary, maintained outside the core project\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AutoIt | Robot Framework | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 59 | 95 | Robot Framework +36 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 86 | Robot Framework +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 78 | Robot Framework +27 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 20 | 50 | Robot Framework +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 20 | 90 | Robot Framework +70 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 76 | Robot Framework +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.3 · D** | **76.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AutoIt | Robot Framework |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | AutoIt Consulting | Robot Framework Foundation |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Freeware under the AutoIt end-user licence agreement, source not published | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2025-09-07 | 2026-09-14 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |\n| Popularity | none | 12k stars, 776k PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AutoIt.** An agent can run AutoIt scripts or single lines from the command line, or call AutoItX from C# or PowerShell, with each function's return values and `@error` codes documented. The source is closed, the last release was 7 September 2025, and scripts act with the full rights of the Windows user.\n\n**Robot Framework.** A stable 7.5 release, passing unit and acceptance tests, JSON schemas for results and library docs, and an llms.txt make it a dependable base for agent-written automation. Desktop and mobile control come from separate community libraries, there is no official MCP server, and no security policy or security.txt was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AutoIt\n\n1. Pass `/ErrorStdOut` so a fatal error reaches stdout instead of a dialog\n2. Use `ConsoleWrite` for output an agent can capture, since `MsgBox` blocks an unattended run\n3. Check `@error` after each call. Functions report failure there, not by raising\n4. Install the official package from autoitscript.com. NuGet copies of AutoItX are third-party repackages\n\n### Robot Framework\n\n1. Install with `pip install robotframework` and check with `robot --version`. Add the library for the target app, such as AppiumLibrary, separately\n2. Read the exit code. It is the number of failed tests or tasks up to 250, and 252, 253 or 255 mean bad input, a user stop or an internal error\n3. Use `--dryrun` to validate a suite without running keywords, and `--rerunfailed output.xml` to repeat only failures\n4. Convert results with `rebot --output output.json output.xml` for JSON that matches doc/schema/result.json\n5. Keep secrets out of keyword arguments, because log.html records arguments unless keywords are removed with `--removekeywords`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, AutoIt or Robot Framework?\n\nRobot Framework scores 76.4 (BB) on agent readiness against AutoIt's 46.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are AutoIt and Robot Framework open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for AutoIt. Robot Framework is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-robot-framework.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autoit-vs-robot-framework.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"autoit\", \"b\": \"robot-framework\"}`. 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