# Boba vs OpenDuet > OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to Boba's 10.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.md (~3,750 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.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 - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-30 OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message. - Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1226 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json - OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Boba (F) Good for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### OpenDuet (D) Good for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Ahead on: - Reliability, 42 against 15 - Schema & documentation, 58 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0 - Security & auth, 59 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 37 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 68 against 39 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boba | OpenDuet | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 42 | OpenDuet +27 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 58 | OpenDuet +58 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 52 | OpenDuet +52 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 59 | OpenDuet +59 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 37 | OpenDuet +35 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 68 | OpenDuet +29 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **49.5 · D** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boba | OpenDuet | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Agent harness | | Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Terms last updated | 2026-10-21 | couldn't be read | | Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-21 | 2026-08-27 | | Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read | | Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read | | Popularity | none | 1.6k stars | | Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (4) | none | ## Verdicts **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. **OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking. ## Before you call either ### 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. ### OpenDuet 1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for. 2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes. 3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer. 4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit. 5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or OpenDuet? OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ### Are Boba and OpenDuet open source? No open-source release is listed for Boba. OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boba", "b": "openduet"}`. 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