{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cowagent", "name": "CowAgent", "vendor": "zhayujie", "vendorUrl": "https://cowagent.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "CowAgent is an open-source AI assistant that its owner runs on a computer or server. It plans tasks, runs tools and skills, keeps long-term memory in local files and answers on a web console and messaging apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "zhayujie/chatgpt-on-wechat" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account. The web console listens on 127.0.0.1 with no password by default, and `web_password` adds a login whose session lasts 30 days. `external_api_token` is one Bearer token for the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, which stays off while the token is empty (https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/web). Messaging channels use each platform's bot token or app secret in `config.json`. Model keys go in `config.json` or environment variables.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with nothing to buy to run it. The owner pays the configured model provider, or nothing with a local model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The README names LinkAI as a seller of managed hosting, and link-ai.tech did not answer on 12 October 2026, so its prices were not read.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 47400, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/intro/index", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client", "assistant.accounts" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "llms-txt", "docker", "python", "openai-compatible" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 592, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-31. Issue #2998 reports that a member of a Feishu group asked the bot for local files and it sent the owner's documents into the group. This is the reporter's account and we did not reproduce it. We confirmed in the master source on 12 October 2026 that group channels accept every group, that full-access is the default and that the proposed sender gating is absent. Open and unfixed, -3. https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/issues/2998", "2026-07-29. Version 2.1.5 fixed a chain in which injected content led the agent to rewrite the MCP config, run arbitrary commands and take keys, and fixed the `edit` tool reaching `~/.cow/.env`. Both are described in the release notes with no advisory. Fixed and documented, -2. https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/v2.1.5" ], "verdict": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.", "bestFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "strengths": [ "Memory is plain Markdown under `~/cow` (`MEMORY.md`, `memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md`), readable and removable by the owner", "Three permission modes per session (read-only, workspace-write, full-access), with a global default in `agent_permission_mode`", "The web console binds to 127.0.0.1 by default, and the cloud client loads only when `use_linkai` and a deployment id are both set", "Seven tagged releases between 20 July and 30 September 2026, each with dated notes in the docs", "Tests run on Python 3.11 and 3.13 for every push to master, and the 15 newest master runs we saw passed on 12 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call", "The permission checks read arguments and are not an OS sandbox, as the source says. The `bash` blocklist covers only root deletion, disk wiping and power commands", "Issue #2998, open since 31 July 2026, reports the bot sending the owner's local documents into a Feishu group. Its fix is not on master", "No setting limits which Telegram, Slack or Discord users may message the bot, and those channels reply in every group", "No SECURITY.md, security.txt, privacy policy or terms. Model keys sit in `config.json` and MCP keys in `mcp.json` as plain text" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access`", "Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner", "Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default", "Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model", "Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "connect": { "install": "bash \u003c(curl -fsSL https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/run.sh) # or: curl -O https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/docker-compose.yml \u0026\u0026 docker compose up -d", "http": "curl http://localhost:9899/v1/chat/completions -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"model\":\"cowagent\",\"conversation_id\":\"example-conversation\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cowagent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "cowagent.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No company or legal entity is named for CowAgent. The licence names zhayujie, and the cowagent.ai footer reads Copyright 2026 CowAgent.", "The README lists sales@simple-future.tech and LinkAI (link-ai.tech) for enterprise services and managed hosting. link-ai.tech did not answer our robots.txt request on 12 October 2026, so none of its pages were read.", "cowagent.ai links no terms and no privacy policy. Its sitemap lists the home, download and blog pages only.", "cowagent.ai answers `/.well-known/security.txt` and `/llms.txt` with the home page, so neither file exists. docs.cowagent.ai serves an llms.txt.", "The registration date of cowagent.ai was not looked up." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.json", "live": { "slug": "cowagent", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "zhayujie/CowAgent", "version": "2.2.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:51:12.997000915Z" } ], "githubStars": 47384, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cowagent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:46:06.445043921Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:19.298641829Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:14:33.661628287Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:14:33.661628287Z", "fingerprint": "5a53929583ea" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T22:51:12.997000915Z" } }, "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "folk-nozomio", "name": "folk", "vendor": "Nozomio, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.folk.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "folk is an AI assistant that texts its owner over iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp to keep habits, workouts, study and money goals on track. Each user gets a cloud computer, persistent memory and connected apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json", "license": "Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-up at folk.com, then folk is a contact in iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp (https://www.folk.com/llms.txt). Google apps can be connected with read-only access, so folk can see but never send, edit or delete, and banks connect read-only through Plaid (https://www.folk.com/privacy and https://www.folk.com/llms.txt). Owners can bring their own Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter keys (https://www.folk.com/pricing.md).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 \"forever. No card\", with unlimited messages under fair use, 3 background jobs and 10 minutes of calls a week. Pro is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, $5 a month in many countries, with unlimited background jobs and 120 minutes of calls a month (https://www.folk.com/pricing.md, checked 14 October 2026). The terms list folk max at $99.99 a month or $799.99 a year on the US App Store (https://www.folk.com/terms). llms.txt gives the free tier as 20 messages a day and Max as $100 a month.", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on folk.com, llms.txt, pricing.md or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.folk.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.folk.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "voice.calls", "memory.user", "tasks.create", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "security-txt", "llms-txt", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "folk 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": 19.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 993, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 30, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 3, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.", "bestFor": "People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.", "disclosure": "folk 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 forever with no card, per pricing.md.", "The privacy policy says data is never sold or used to train AI models.", "The subprocessor page names each provider with its region.", "Google apps can connect read-only, and folk says it never moves money on its own.", "security.txt is published and valid to 13 April 2027." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "llms.txt gives 20 messages a day and Max at $100, while pricing.md says unlimited messages and the terms say $99.99.", "llms.txt says there's no App Store app, while the App Store lists folk's iOS app since 7 October 2026.", "No status page or changelog found.", "security.txt names only a general support address." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.", "Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits." ], "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": 19.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 3, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/folk-nozomio" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "folk Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Or $99.99 a year. $5 a month in many countries. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "folk Max (US App Store)", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "Or $799.99 a year, per the terms." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nozomio, Inc.", "domain": "folk.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-07-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.folk.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.folk.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Nozomio, Inc. and were last updated on 8 September 2026, governed by Delaware law. llms.txt calls the maker Nozomio Labs.", "security.txt is valid until 13 April 2027.", "No status page or changelog was found.", "The folk CRM at folk.app is a different company and product (data/tools/folk.json).", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1995-07-30 for folk.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Nozomio, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "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" }, { "a": "47k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or folk?" }, { "answer": "CowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for folk.", "question": "Are CowAgent and folk open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 3", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 35" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "slug": "cowagent", "watchFor": "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 45" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.", "slug": "folk-nozomio", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "asaply vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "asaply vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Asmi vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Asmi vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boba vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boba vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Brea vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Brea vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "CowAgent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.json", "title": "CowAgent vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Del vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "folk vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "folk vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.json", "title": "folk vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.json", "title": "folk vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "folk vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.json", "title": "folk vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "AstrBot vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "AstrBot vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boski vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boski vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Caddy vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Caddy vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lindy.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "CowAgent vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.json", "title": "folk vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "folk vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "folk vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven.json", "title": "folk vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "folk vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.json", "title": "folk vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "folk vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon.json", "title": "folk vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy.json", "title": "folk vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "folk vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "folk vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "folk vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "folk vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "folk vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.json", "title": "folk vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "folk vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.json", "title": "folk vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "folk vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "folk vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura.json", "title": "folk vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.json", "title": "folk vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.json", "title": "folk vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo.json", "title": "folk vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.json", "title": "folk vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 59, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 25, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 57, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 10, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 0, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 40, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 3, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 48, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "folk-nozomio": 35, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 22, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "folk-nozomio", "folk-nozomio": 67, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "verdicts": { "cowagent": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.", "folk-nozomio": "folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #592 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n- folk: grade F, 19.8/100, rank #993 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.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### CowAgent (C)\n\nGood for: One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 3\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call\n\n### folk (F)\n\nGood for: People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CowAgent | folk | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 25 | CowAgent +59 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 10 | CowAgent +57 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 0 | CowAgent +59 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 3 | CowAgent +40 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | CowAgent +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 35 | CowAgent +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 67 | folk +22 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **19.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | folk |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Nozomio, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\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| Popularity | 47k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**CowAgent.** MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.\n\n**folk.** folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### CowAgent\n\n1. Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access`\n2. Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner\n3. Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default\n4. Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model\n5. Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation\n\n### folk\n\n1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.\n2. Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or folk?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are CowAgent and folk open source?\n\nCowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for folk.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"folk-nozomio\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cowagent folk-nozomio`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CowAgent or folk\n\n- [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [asaply vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Asmi vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Asmi vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Brea vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Brea vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- 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Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [folk vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.md)\n- [folk vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [AstrBot vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boski vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boski vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lindy.md)\n- [CowAgent vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.md)\n- [CowAgent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [folk vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.md)\n- [folk vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [folk vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven.md)\n- [folk vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [folk vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.md)\n- [folk vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon.md)\n- [folk vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy.md)\n- [folk vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [folk vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [folk vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [folk vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.md)\n- [folk vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [folk vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.md)\n- [folk vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [folk vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura.md)\n- [folk vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.md)\n- [folk vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.md)\n- [folk vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [folk vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- folk competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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