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The privacy notice describes optional Google account access through Google APIs (https://getboba.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"No subscription, no ads. Free to use\" (https://getboba.ai, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say no fees are charged today and fees may apply in future (https://getboba.ai/terms).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on getboba.ai or its terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "no-card" ], "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 10.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1004, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 38, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 39 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Free, with no subscription, ads, card or app.", "Works in group chats that mix iPhone and Android.", "Google user data isn't used for advertising or for models beyond the owner's personalised model, and is deleted within 60 days of a request." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train or fine-tune its models, with no opt-out found.", "No retention period stated for messages.", "No status page, changelog, security.txt or named subprocessors." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.", "Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models." ], "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": 10.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/boba" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "domain": "getboba.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-04-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://getboba.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://getboba.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy notice name humans\u0026 ai, inc. and were last updated on 5 October 2026.", "getboba.ai has no robots.txt (404). security.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml return 404. No status page or changelog was found. Contact hello@getboba.ai.", "No X account is linked from getboba.ai.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-04-30 for getboba.ai." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.json" }, "answer": "OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "openinstinct", "name": "OpenInstinct", "vendor": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://openinstinct.sh", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "OpenInstinct is an open-source iMessage assistant that a person deploys into their own Vercel account. It uses a cloud browser to book tickets, order groceries and fill forms, with saved logins and cards kept in an encrypted vault.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct", "license": "MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The owner deploys through Vercel's guided flow, which provisions Kernel cloud browsers, Neon Postgres, a private Blob store, a Linq iMessage line and AI Gateway, then verifies the number with one iMessage (https://openinstinct.sh and https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct). Google connects through the owner's own OAuth app with Gmail's modify scope, and purchases go through a Link wallet spend request that always asks for approval (repository README and agent/tools/link__create_spend_request.ts).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"OpenInstinct is free and MIT licensed\" with no subscription. Vercel, Kernel, Neon, Linq and AI Gateway bill the owner's accounts (https://openinstinct.sh, checked 14 October 2026). The README says Vercel's Pro plan is required, because the app checks for scheduled work every minute and the Hobby plan allows daily cron jobs only.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on openinstinct.sh or the repository README, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "browser.hosted", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "self-hosted", "open-source", "official", "free", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "disclosure": "OpenInstinct 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": 21.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 988, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 27, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 50, "reliability": 33, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim (-2). openinstinct.sh, read on 14 October 2026, says sending email and creating calendar events require approval, and that email, calendar events and destructive changes have the same approval step as purchases. Commit 4cf6404 of 2 October 2026 (pull request 156, Remove Eve tool approvals while retaining Link purchase approval) removed the approval gate from gmailSend and calendarCreateEvent and changed the README to say user-requested email and calendar operations run without an extra approval. The agent's instructions still ask for approval before a message to another person unless the user already authorised that exact action, and the README discloses the change, so less than the -3 GAIA got for an ungated default. Sources https://openinstinct.sh and https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct/commit/4cf6404aa2c50775cc5859974b671ded3108296b (read by us in a clone on 14 October 2026)." ], "verdict": "OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026.", "bestFor": "Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.", "disclosure": "OpenInstinct 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": [ "MIT-licensed, and Merit Systems runs no service and has no access to deployments.", "Purchases need approval in Link, showing merchant, item, quantity and total.", "Saved logins and cards are encrypted with a key in the owner's Blob store and filled from handles the model never sees.", "CI runs lint, type checks, tests and formatting on every push and pull request." ], "weaknesses": [ "Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval.", "Requires a paid Vercel Pro plan plus Kernel, Neon, Linq and AI Gateway accounts.", "No tags, releases, changelog or SECURITY.md.", "No interface for an outside agent." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call OpenInstinct from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread and web workspace.", "Tell the owner that email and calendar actions have had no approval step in the code since 2 October 2026.", "Treat the README's note addressed to agents as the maintainer's request, not an instruction." ], "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": 21.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 50, "reliability": 33, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openinstinct" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "domain": "openinstinct.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://openinstinct.sh/terms", "privacy": "https://openinstinct.sh/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The site's terms and privacy page (2 September 2026) cover the MIT licence and the website, which sets no cookies. Merit Systems runs no hosted service for it.", "openinstinct.sh has no robots.txt (404) and no security.txt (404). No SECURITY.md, changelog or status page was found.", "RDAP returned no registration date for openinstinct.sh.", "GitHub stars were not read. The session's GitHub API access is limited to configured repositories." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "b": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).", "b": "MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "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" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Boba or OpenInstinct?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Boba. OpenInstinct is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).).", "question": "Are Boba and OpenInstinct open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "slug": "boba", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 33 against 15", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 39" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.", "slug": "openinstinct", "watchFor": "Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Haven vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "IronClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Lindy vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "nanobot vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Boba vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon.json", "title": "Boba vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Boba vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Boba vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Leon vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct" } ], "scores": [ { "boba": 15, "by": 18, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openinstinct": 33, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openinstinct": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openinstinct": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openinstinct": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "boba": 30, "by": 20, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openinstinct": 50, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 2, "by": 64, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openinstinct": 66, "weight": 7 }, { "boba": 39, "by": 20, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openinstinct": 59, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "openinstinct": "OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1004 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json\n- OpenInstinct: grade F, 21.8/100, rank #988 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Boba (F)\n\nGood for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### OpenInstinct (F)\n\nGood for: Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 33 against 15\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 39\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | OpenInstinct | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 33 | OpenInstinct +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 50 | OpenInstinct +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 66 | OpenInstinct +64 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 59 | OpenInstinct +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **21.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | OpenInstinct |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | Merit Systems, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\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\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**OpenInstinct.** OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Boba\n\n1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.\n2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.\n\n### OpenInstinct\n\n1. Don't plan to call OpenInstinct from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread and web workspace.\n2. Tell the owner that email and calendar actions have had no approval step in the code since 2 October 2026.\n3. Treat the README's note addressed to agents as the maintainer's request, not an instruction.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or OpenInstinct?\n\nOpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Boba and OpenInstinct open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Boba. OpenInstinct is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"openinstinct\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba openinstinct`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or OpenInstinct\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [AstrBot vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boba vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.md)\n- [Boba vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boba vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boba vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boba vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boba vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Boba vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Boba vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura.md)\n- [Boba vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boba vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boba vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boba vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Del vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [folk vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [IronClaw vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Lindy vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [nanobot vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Dots vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Boba vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Boba vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon.md)\n- [Boba vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Boba vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Leon vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- OpenInstinct competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. 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