{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "axlr", "name": "AXLR", "vendor": "Underpass AI", "vendorUrl": "https://axlr.underpassai.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source Go execution engine for agentic work from Underpass AI. A console with work modes and approval cards, an mTLS HTTP, gRPC and MCP service, a JSON worker and a Go library, with KMP memory and MADE procedures over MCP.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/axlr.json", "dns": "axlr.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/underpass-ai/AXLR", "license": "Apache-2.0, with a NOTICE naming Tirso García Ibáñez as the copyright holder", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/underpass-ai/AXLR" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/underpass-ai/axlr" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/underpass-ai/charts/axlr" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The console and the one-command `axlr-tui --exec` need a model route, an OpenRouter key (`OPENROUTER_API_KEY` or `credentials.json`, mode 0600), a local OpenAI-compatible server, or an Anthropic Messages or OpenAI Responses key in a `local_models` entry; the JSON worker and the library tests need no model account. The service, `axlr-serve`, requires TLS 1.3 and a client certificate signed by its CA whose SHA-256 fingerprint is mapped in a private principals file to a principal and the roles `session_client`, `approver`, `tool_operator` and `admin`; an unmapped certificate is forbidden, a session belongs to the principal that created it, and authentication never approves a tool by itself. MCP at `/mcp` is stateless and authenticated per request by the same certificate; gRPC uses the TLS peer certificate.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source under Apache-2.0, with nothing to buy from Underpass AI. You pay your model provider (OpenRouter reports a cost per request, which the console's `/usage` and `max_session_usd` track) or run a local server at no charge; TypeSafe's Jev judge is optional and needs its own key. No hosted AXLR exists (checked 2026-11-01).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the repository, the OpenAPI file or the two sites (checked 2026-11-01). Nothing is sold.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://axlr.underpassai.com/docs/", "openapi": "https://github.com/underpass-ai/AXLR/blob/main/api/openapi/axlr-v1.yaml", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "free", "no-card", "go", "cli", "mcp-client", "openapi", "grpc", "docker", "helm", "sandbox", "approvals", "pre-1.0", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.6, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 168, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1253, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 80, "security": 62, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A pre-1.0 Go harness with an unusually complete service contract, mutual TLS with principal roles, required idempotency keys, a policy, budget and sandbox per execution, and a result object a program can read. The console's defaults after setup are autonomy on and no sandbox, the project has one maintainer and no outside users yet, and releases carry no notes.", "bestFor": "A program or bot that needs one governed execution at a time, with a policy, a budget, a sandbox profile and correlation ids it sets itself and a result object it reads back, on a machine it controls, with the model on OpenRouter, a local server or a native Anthropic or OpenAI key.", "strengths": [ "mTLS HTTP, gRPC and MCP service with four principal roles, `Idempotency-Key` required on turns, approvals and direct calls, and `expected_revision` on decisions", "A policy (observe, propose, act-with-approval, act-within-policy), a budget in seconds, requests, tool calls and dollars, and a bubblewrap or container sandbox with an enforced egress allow list, each per execution", "`axlr-tui --exec --json` runs one task headless and ends with a result object; exit 0 done, 3 waiting for a decision, 1 error", "OpenRouter, local OpenAI-compatible servers (llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama, LM Studio), and the Anthropic Messages and OpenAI Responses APIs spoken directly", "21 releases in October 2026 from a workflow that tests on six native runners and refuses to republish different bytes, with a `.sha256` beside every archive" ], "weaknesses": [ "The setup assistant turns autonomy on and leaves the exec sandbox off, so after setup the model's commands run with the person's rights, bar the destructive list", "Pre-1.0 with one maintainer, 0 stars and 10 open issues, all the founder's own trackers; releases have empty notes and there is no changelog", "The service needs KMP and MADE as remote gRPC services, a client CA and a principals file before a first session, and has no work modes, plugins or forged-tool setting yet", "No SECURITY.md, security.txt, advisories or disclosure route; the legal entity is not yet incorporated and no terms or privacy policy exist", "No llms.txt, and the Go library is the only SDK; the catalog registry answers every non-AXLR client with 403" ], "agentNotes": [ "Before the first prompt, set `approvals.autonomous` to false or run with `--approve none`, and turn `exec_sandbox.mode` to `auto` or `required` on Linux; after setup both default the other way", "Drive a run with `axlr-tui --exec --json --policy \u003cfile\u003e --budget \u003cfile\u003e --sandbox \u003cfile\u003e` and read only the last `result` line; exit 3 means a call waits for `--decide approve|deny` with `--session \u003cid\u003e`", "On the service, send `Idempotency-Key` (16 to 128 safe ASCII characters) on every turn, approval and direct call, and pass the session's `expected_revision`; a reused key with a different body answers 409", "A local model must return native tool calls (llama.cpp with `--jinja`, vLLM with `--enable-auto-tool-choice`); set `context_tokens` on the entry and `OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH` for Ollama", "Leave `TYPESAFE_API_KEY` unset unless you want the setup assistant to switch Jev on, which sends requests and final answers to TypeSafe" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 80, "security": 62, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 42, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "V=v0.15.0; OS=linux; ARCH=amd64; curl -fsSLO https://github.com/underpass-ai/AXLR/releases/download/$V/axlr-$V-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz{,.sha256} \u0026\u0026 sha256sum -c axlr-$V-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256 \u0026\u0026 tar xzf axlr-$V-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz -C ~/.local/bin axlr axlr-tui axlr-serve # or build from source with Go 1.26", "headless": { "command": "axlr-tui --root \"$PWD\" --exec \"$TASK\" --json --approve none --policy policy.json --budget budget.json --sandbox sandbox.json", "decide": "axlr-tui --session \u003cid\u003e --decide approve --json", "env": { "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/axlr" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "underpassai.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-08-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/underpass-ai/AXLR/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-01", "notes": [ "No legal entity exists yet. underpassai.com's footer says Underpass AI is a startup project created by Tirso García Ibáñez and preparing incorporation as a Spanish limited liability company, that the technical assets are founder-owned and intended to be assigned to the company after incorporation, and that licence terms are in each repository's LICENSE and NOTICE. The NOTICE names Tirso García Ibáñez as copyright holder. Recorded as absent with that explanation.", "No terms of service or privacy policy on underpassai.com (sitemap lists the home page and one article) or axlr.underpassai.com. For local software the docs' 'Where data goes' and 'Diagnostics and privacy' sections stand in.", "RDAP for underpassai.com gives registration on 2025-08-10 with Route 53 nameservers. The GitHub organisation underpass-ai was created on 2025-08-09, location Spain, 16 public repositories. The AXLR repository was created on 2026-09-29; the first tag and release, v0.1.0, is dated 2026-10-04, which is firstReleased.", "https://underpassai.com/.well-known/security.txt and https://axlr.underpassai.com/.well-known/security.txt answer 404; the repository has no SECURITY.md. No status page (local software). The changelog is the GitHub releases list, whose entries carry no notes.", "robots.txt on underpassai.com and axlr.underpassai.com allow everything. registry.underpassai.com answers every path, robots.txt included, with 403 'forbidden: client is not AXLR', so nothing was read from it after that reply.", "The founder's LinkedIn URL is linked from underpassai.com and was not visited." ], "score": 42 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.json" }, "answer": "AXLR scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenCode's 68.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. OpenCode leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "opencode", "name": "OpenCode", "vendor": "Anomaly", "vendorUrl": "https://opencode.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source terminal coding agent from Anomaly Innovations, with a TUI, desktop app, IDE and ACP integration, and a headless HTTP server with an OpenAPI spec. Version 2, released in October 2026, is an opt-in upgrade.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencode.json", "dns": "opencode.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "opencode-ai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@opencode-ai/sdk" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account needed. Provider keys go in with `opencode auth login` (stored in ~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json) or environment variables, MCP servers can use OAuth, and `opencode serve` takes Basic auth from `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD`. With no key it uses free OpenCode Zen models with a public key.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT. You pay your model provider, or OpenCode Zen per token, with prices per million tokens published for every model, or OpenCode Go at $10 a month (Go Plus $40) for a set of open models. Some Zen models are free for a limited time and may use prompts to improve the model.", "priceSummary": "$10 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 211000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://opencode.ai/docs", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anomalyco/opencode/v1/packages/sdk/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "freemium", "typescript", "openapi", "no-card", "no-key", "usage-priced" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 213, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1253, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 72, "schema": 88, "security": 60, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-01-12. GHSA-vxw4-wv6m-9hhh (CVE-2026-22812, 8.8), the HTTP server the TUI started had no authentication, so local processes could run shell commands as the user, fixed in 1.0.216. GHSA-c83v-7274-4vgp (CVE-2026-22813), unsanitised Markdown in the web UI let a malicious page run commands on the machine, fixed in 1.1.10. Fixed, published and more than six months old, -1 each. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories", "2026-09-24. GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4 (7.5, no CVE). The server's `/global/upgrade` endpoint accepted any package specifier without checking where the request came from, so a web page could make `opencode serve` install an attacker's npm package and run its scripts. Fixed in 1.18.22. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/security/advisories/GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4" ], "verdict": "Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models. Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox.", "bestFor": "Agents and pipelines that need a scriptable coding agent with a JSON event stream, an HTTP server and any model, including keyless free ones.", "strengths": [ "Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models", "Allow, ask or deny per tool with glob patterns, with `.env` reads denied by default", "`opencode run --format json`, `opencode serve` with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, and a generated TypeScript SDK", "75+ providers through the AI SDK and models.dev, plus local models", "No product telemetry found, and OpenTelemetry export is opt-in" ], "weaknesses": [ "Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox", "Updates download and install at startup unless `autoupdate` is off", "Keyless runs send prompts to free models, some of which may use them for training", "Three advisories in 2026 against its local server and web UI, and CVE-2026-88624 against worktree removal, still in 1.19.5's code", "OpenCode 2 changes the server API and plugin API, and allows paths outside the project by default" ], "agentNotes": [ "Add deny rules for `bash` patterns and `external_directory` before an unattended run. Most tools default to allow", "Set `\"autoupdate\": false` or `OPENCODE_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE=1` and pin the version in CI", "Configure a provider key. With none, prompts go to free Zen models that may train on them", "Set `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` before `opencode serve`. Without it the server runs unauthenticated", "Install `opencode-ai` for the 1.x server API and SDK. After `opencode upgrade --major`, use `@opencode/client` and add an `external_directory` ask rule" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 60, "reliability": 72, "schema": 88, "security": 60, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 59, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm i -g opencode-ai@latest # or: curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash", "headless": { "command": "opencode run --format json \"$TASK\"", "env": { "OPENCODE_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE": "1", "OPENCODE_PERMISSION": "{\"bash\": {\"*\": \"deny\", \"git *\": \"allow\", \"npm test\": \"allow\"}, \"external_directory\": \"deny\"}" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/opencode" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "OpenCode Go", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "Go Plus is $40 a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anomaly Innovations, Inc.", "domain": "opencode.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://opencode.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://opencode.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://opencode.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-01", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 15 August 2026) name Anomaly Innovations, Inc. The privacy policy is effective 6 March 2026, with help@anoma.ly as the contact.", "opencode.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 (re-read on 1 November 2026). SECURITY.md points to GitHub private reporting and security@anoma.ly.", "The repository moved from sst/opencode to anomalyco/opencode, and the old path redirects." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.json", "live": { "slug": "opencode", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "anomalyco/opencode", "version": "v1.19.5", "released": "2026-10-28", "seenAt": "2026-11-01T17:21:29.956596374Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@opencode-ai/sdk", "version": "1.19.5", "seenAt": "2026-11-01T17:21:29.676278335Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "opencode-ai", "version": "1.19.5", "seenAt": "2026-11-01T17:21:27.719417171Z" } ], "githubStars": 223772, "npmWeekly": 4965694, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://opencode.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T15:42:06.404422066Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "opencode.ai", "registered": "2022-12-07", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/opencode.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:19:08.319256497Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://opencode.ai/changelog", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:53.681077402Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:53.681077402Z", "fingerprint": "53d410e57b3b" }, { "url": "https://anoma.ly/notes/opencode-2-0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T06:35:52.606839504Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c759f58f9191" }, { "url": "https://opencode.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:55.87096306Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:55.87096306Z", "fingerprint": "e44130e34c8d" }, { "url": "https://opencode.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:58.014458606Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-01T06:48:58.014458606Z", "fingerprint": "f4592a663ba5" } ], "github": { "repo": "anomalyco/opencode", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:09:58.245812228Z", "stars": 221651, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T07:09:00Z", "openIssues": 2518, "openPRs": 1279, "issuesOpened90d": 9731, "issuesClosed90d": 10939, "prsMerged90d": 4472, "ci": { "branch": "dev", "runs": 50, "success": 41, "failure": 4, "other": 5, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-26T06:34:35Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-632h-h47v-g4x4", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-09-24T13:36:45Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-c83v-7274-4vgp", "cve": "CVE-2026-22813", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-01-12T21:32:40Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-vxw4-wv6m-9hhh", "cve": "CVE-2026-22812", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-01-12T19:43:04Z" } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-01T17:21:29.956596374Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 16, "category": "transparency", "leads": "opencode", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Apache-2.0 with a NOTICE (30). No privacy policy or terms on underpassai.com or axlr.underpassai.com; the docs' 'Where data goes' and 'Diagnostics and privacy' sections say that model requests go to OpenRouter, the local server or the native API, that Jev sends text to TypeSafe only when on, that sessions live under `$XDG_STATE_HOME/axlr`, that payload capture is off by default and redacted when on, and that traces are deleted after 30 days; nothing covers the engine downloads' or the catalog registry's handling of a client's requests (15). No deprecation policy; pre-1.0 changes are dated inline in the docs and the product contract records the 5 October 2026 retirement of the first skill catalogue after the fact (6). No telemetry to disclose, and the docs say in two places what leaves the machine and how to stop payload capture, though no single page says there is no telemetry (17). 30+15+6+17 = 68.", "b": "MIT (30). A privacy policy (effective 6 March 2026) and terms (15 August 2026) from Anomaly Innovations, Inc., plus a Zen privacy section saying models are hosted in the US, providers keep nothing and don't train except on named free models, and OpenAI and Anthropic keep requests for 30 days, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 17 October. The general retention line is as long as necessary (22). Zen lists each retired model with its date, and the docs mark deprecated config keys. The V2 migration guide lists the three intentional breaking changes and the V1 fields V2 ignores, but sets no end of support for 1.x (15). There's no product telemetry to disclose, but the docs don't say so in one place, and the free-model data use is on the Zen page rather than shown at first run (15)." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 71 } }, { "by": 8, "category": "schema", "leads": "opencode", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "An OpenAPI 3.1 file for the service (15 paths, 23 schemas, `mutualTLS` security scheme, `additionalProperties: false` on request bodies), a checked proto for the gRPC service, and the 19 MCP tools built from the same shared schemas (25). No llms.txt on either site (404), and the docs site renders HTML; the Markdown sources are in the repository (5). The product contract tables what each of the four interfaces can and cannot do, the work-mode table states each mode's purpose and tool policy, the transport parity ledger names every verb's arguments and behaviour, and `axlr_tools` tells the model to look for a tool before forging one (15). Typed inputs throughout, `Idempotency-Key` 16 to 128 safe ASCII characters, `expected_revision` a positive integer, policy levels, sandbox profiles and egress values enumerated, budgets as four integers, and the service rejects unknown fields, invalid types and bodies over 4 MiB (14). Examples in every guide, an error shape of `code`, `message` and `request_id`, named codes (`409 idempotency_conflict`, `400 invalid_cursor`, `422 invalid_policy`, `invalid_budget`, `sandbox_unavailable`, `not_ready`, `invalid_id`), a gRPC status mapping, and the worker's five statuses and three exit codes; no single error reference page (14). `/v1` routes and an OpenAPI version of 0.1.0 against a 0.15.0 release, and no changelog beyond the dated notes inside the docs (7). 25+5+15+14+14+7 = 80.", "b": "A JSON Schema for the config file at opencode.ai/config.json, and an OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the 1.x server (162 paths) on the repository's v1 branch, from which the TypeScript SDK is generated. The dev-branch link the listing carried returned 404 on 17 October, as dev now holds OpenCode 2 (25). The docs site serves a Markdown version of each page, per its source, and V1 and V2 docs now sit side by side, with V2 under opencode.ai/v2/docs (10). Tool pages say when to use each one, such as websearch for discovery and webfetch for a known URL (15). Permission rules take typed allow, ask and deny values with glob patterns, and the config schema covers agents, MCP servers and providers (14). Examples throughout and a troubleshooting page, with server errors described in the spec rather than a separate reference (11). A dated changelog at opencode.ai/changelog and GitHub releases (13)." }, "scores": { "a": 80, "b": 88 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Underpass AI", "b": "Anomaly", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0, with a NOTICE naming Tirso García Ibáñez as the copyright holder", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-25", "b": "2026-10-28", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-08-15", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-03-06", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "0 stars", "b": "211k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "AXLR scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenCode's 68.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. OpenCode leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, AXLR or OpenCode?" }, { "answer": "Yes. AXLR is open source (Apache-2.0, with a NOTICE naming Tirso García Ibáñez as the copyright holder). 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "axlr": 70, "by": 2, "edge": "opencode", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "opencode": 72, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "axlr": 80, "by": 8, "edge": "opencode", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "opencode": 88, "weight": 13 }, { "axlr": 83, "by": 4, "edge": "axlr", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "opencode": 79, "weight": 13 }, { "axlr": 62, "by": 2, "edge": "axlr", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "opencode": 60, "weight": 14 }, { "axlr": 60, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "opencode": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "axlr": 79, "by": 2, "edge": "opencode", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "opencode": 81, "weight": 7 }, { "axlr": 55, "by": 16, "edge": "opencode", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "opencode": 71, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "AXLR scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenCode's 68.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. OpenCode leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "axlr": "A pre-1.0 Go harness with an unusually complete service contract, mutual TLS with principal roles, required idempotency keys, a policy, budget and sandbox per execution, and a result object a program can read. The console's defaults after setup are autonomy on and no sandbox, the project has one maintainer and no outside users yet, and releases carry no notes.", "opencode": "Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models. Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode.min.md" }, "markdown": "AXLR scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenCode's 68.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. OpenCode leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- AXLR: grade BB, 70.6/100, rank #168 of 1253. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axlr.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/axlr.json\n- OpenCode: grade B, 68.8/100, rank #213 of 1253. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opencode.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/opencode.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1000 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### AXLR (BB)\n\nGood for: A program or bot that needs one governed execution at a time, with a policy, a budget, a sandbox profile and correlation ids it sets itself and a result object it reads back, on a machine it controls, with the model on OpenRouter, a local server or a native Anthropic or OpenAI key.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No incidents deducted, where OpenCode loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: The setup assistant turns autonomy on and leaves the exec sandbox off, so after setup the model's commands run with the person's rights, bar the destructive list\n\n### OpenCode (B)\n\nGood for: Agents and pipelines that need a scriptable coding agent with a JSON event stream, an HTTP server and any model, including keyless free ones.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 80\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: OpenCode +16\n\n- AXLR (55): Apache-2.0 with a NOTICE (30). No privacy policy or terms on underpassai.com or axlr.underpassai.com; the docs' 'Where data goes' and 'Diagnostics and privacy' sections say that model requests go to OpenRouter, the local server or the native API, that Jev sends text to TypeSafe only when on, that sessions live under `$XDG_STATE_HOME/axlr`, that payload capture is off by default and redacted when on, and that traces are deleted after 30 days; nothing covers the engine downloads' or the catalog registry's handling of a client's requests (15). No deprecation policy; pre-1.0 changes are dated inline in the docs and the product contract records the 5 October 2026 retirement of the first skill catalogue after the fact (6). No telemetry to disclose, and the docs say in two places what leaves the machine and how to stop payload capture, though no single page says there is no telemetry (17). 30+15+6+17 = 68.\n- OpenCode (71): MIT (30). A privacy policy (effective 6 March 2026) and terms (15 August 2026) from Anomaly Innovations, Inc., plus a Zen privacy section saying models are hosted in the US, providers keep nothing and don't train except on named free models, and OpenAI and Anthropic keep requests for 30 days, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 17 October. The general retention line is as long as necessary (22). Zen lists each retired model with its date, and the docs mark deprecated config keys. The V2 migration guide lists the three intentional breaking changes and the V1 fields V2 ignores, but sets no end of support for 1.x (15). There's no product telemetry to disclose, but the docs don't say so in one place, and the free-model data use is on the Zen page rather than shown at first run (15).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: OpenCode +8\n\n- AXLR (80): An OpenAPI 3.1 file for the service (15 paths, 23 schemas, `mutualTLS` security scheme, `additionalProperties: false` on request bodies), a checked proto for the gRPC service, and the 19 MCP tools built from the same shared schemas (25). No llms.txt on either site (404), and the docs site renders HTML; the Markdown sources are in the repository (5). The product contract tables what each of the four interfaces can and cannot do, the work-mode table states each mode's purpose and tool policy, the transport parity ledger names every verb's arguments and behaviour, and `axlr_tools` tells the model to look for a tool before forging one (15). Typed inputs throughout, `Idempotency-Key` 16 to 128 safe ASCII characters, `expected_revision` a positive integer, policy levels, sandbox profiles and egress values enumerated, budgets as four integers, and the service rejects unknown fields, invalid types and bodies over 4 MiB (14). Examples in every guide, an error shape of `code`, `message` and `request_id`, named codes (`409 idempotency_conflict`, `400 invalid_cursor`, `422 invalid_policy`, `invalid_budget`, `sandbox_unavailable`, `not_ready`, `invalid_id`), a gRPC status mapping, and the worker's five statuses and three exit codes; no single error reference page (14). `/v1` routes and an OpenAPI version of 0.1.0 against a 0.15.0 release, and no changelog beyond the dated notes inside the docs (7). 25+5+15+14+14+7 = 80.\n- OpenCode (88): A JSON Schema for the config file at opencode.ai/config.json, and an OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the 1.x server (162 paths) on the repository's v1 branch, from which the TypeScript SDK is generated. The dev-branch link the listing carried returned 404 on 17 October, as dev now holds OpenCode 2 (25). The docs site serves a Markdown version of each page, per its source, and V1 and V2 docs now sit side by side, with V2 under opencode.ai/v2/docs (10). Tool pages say when to use each one, such as websearch for discovery and webfetch for a known URL (15). Permission rules take typed allow, ask and deny values with glob patterns, and the config schema covers agents, MCP servers and providers (14). Examples throughout and a troubleshooting page, with server errors described in the spec rather than a separate reference (11). A dated changelog at opencode.ai/changelog and GitHub releases (13).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AXLR | OpenCode | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 72 | OpenCode +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 88 | OpenCode +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 79 | AXLR +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 60 | AXLR +2 |\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) | 79 | 81 | OpenCode +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 71 | OpenCode +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.6 · BB** | **68.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AXLR | OpenCode |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Underpass AI | Anomaly |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0, with a NOTICE naming Tirso García Ibáñez as the copyright holder | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-28 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-15 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-06 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | yes |\n| Popularity | 0 stars | 211k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### AXLR\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### OpenCode\n\n- +0.3 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- +0.8 on 17 October 2026: product\n- -0.3 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AXLR.** A pre-1.0 Go harness with an unusually complete service contract, mutual TLS with principal roles, required idempotency keys, a policy, budget and sandbox per execution, and a result object a program can read. The console's defaults after setup are autonomy on and no sandbox, the project has one maintainer and no outside users yet, and releases carry no notes.\n\n**OpenCode.** Runs with no key or account on free OpenCode Zen models. Most permissions default to allow, and SECURITY.md says the permission system is not a sandbox.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AXLR\n\n1. Before the first prompt, set `approvals.autonomous` to false or run with `--approve none`, and turn `exec_sandbox.mode` to `auto` or `required` on Linux; after setup both default the other way\n2. Drive a run with `axlr-tui --exec --json --policy \u003cfile\u003e --budget \u003cfile\u003e --sandbox \u003cfile\u003e` and read only the last `result` line; exit 3 means a call waits for `--decide approve|deny` with `--session \u003cid\u003e`\n3. On the service, send `Idempotency-Key` (16 to 128 safe ASCII characters) on every turn, approval and direct call, and pass the session's `expected_revision`; a reused key with a different body answers 409\n4. A local model must return native tool calls (llama.cpp with `--jinja`, vLLM with `--enable-auto-tool-choice`); set `context_tokens` on the entry and `OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH` for Ollama\n5. Leave `TYPESAFE_API_KEY` unset unless you want the setup assistant to switch Jev on, which sends requests and final answers to TypeSafe\n\n### OpenCode\n\n1. Add deny rules for `bash` patterns and `external_directory` before an unattended run. Most tools default to allow\n2. Set `\"autoupdate\": false` or `OPENCODE_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE=1` and pin the version in CI\n3. Configure a provider key. With none, prompts go to free Zen models that may train on them\n4. Set `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` before `opencode serve`. Without it the server runs unauthenticated\n5. Install `opencode-ai` for the 1.x server API and SDK. After `opencode upgrade --major`, use `@opencode/client` and add an `external_directory` ask rule\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, AXLR or OpenCode?\n\nAXLR scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenCode's 68.8 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. OpenCode leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are AXLR and OpenCode open source?\n\nYes. AXLR is open source (Apache-2.0, with a NOTICE naming Tirso García Ibáñez as the copyright holder). OpenCode is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-opencode.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"axlr\", \"b\": \"opencode\"}`. 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