# Claude Code vs OpenMausBot (slim)

> OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) to Claude Code's 59.9 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Code's 59.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Claude Code leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Claude Code: C 59.9, rank #622 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- OpenMausBot: B 65.4, rank #368 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.min.md
- Claude Code, good for A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 87 against 77; Security & auth, 80 against 59; Maintenance & community, 82 against 74; Transparency & trust, 81 against 59.
- OpenMausBot, good for A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 50; Schema & documentation, 90 against 80; Payments & pricing, 50 against 20. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Claude Code | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Supamaus Software Private Limited |
| Transports |  | stdio |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 20 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-10-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-10-18 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 141k stars | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |