# Caddy vs NanoClaw (slim)

> NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) to Caddy's 16.7 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Caddy's 16.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Caddy: F 16.7, rank #996 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.min.md
- NanoClaw: B 68.3, rank #229 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.min.md
- Caddy, good for People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting. Also No incidents deducted, where NanoClaw loses 5 points for them.
- NanoClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork. Ahead on Reliability, 78 against 10; Schema & documentation, 82 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 0; Security & auth, 74 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 78 against 55; Transparency & trust, 65 against 52. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Caddy | NanoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 78 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 55 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Caddy | NanoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | NanoCo, Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026). | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 31k stars |