{ "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": 650, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.6", "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": "0.6", "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, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-12", "maintenance": "2026-10-12", "payments": "2026-10-12", "reliability": "2026-10-12", "schema": "2026-10-12", "security": "2026-10-12", "transparency": "2026-10-12" }, "last": "2026-10-12", "oldest": "2026-10-12", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "2.2.1", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-21T05:48:39.515188099Z" } ], "githubStars": 47489, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cowagent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:58:13.908355794Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T14:33:39.529979729Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cowagent.ai", "registered": "2026-02-06", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/cowagent.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:43:10.284750304Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:46:22.379111356Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-19T23:56:08.536206641Z", "fingerprint": "4a57202f09fa" } ], "github": { "repo": "zhayujie/cowagent", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T07:03:09.518466487Z", "stars": 47461, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T03:16:11Z", "openIssues": 12, "openPRs": 7, "issuesOpened90d": 133, "issuesClosed90d": 147, "prsMerged90d": 571, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 48, "failure": 2, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-19T03:19:52Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-qwjc-xv6c-mqfx", "severity": "medium", "published": "2025-11-28T03:49:52Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 1, "medianDays": 1.2 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T15:58:13.908355794Z" } }, "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "lobby-os", "name": "Lobby", "vendor": "Lobby OS, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://thelobby.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Lobby is a hosted email assistant from Lobby OS, Inc. It learns how its owner handles mail and prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear and HubSpot for approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json", "license": "Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "A person signs up on the web (https://thelobby.ai/signup, a separate app at in.thelobby.ai). Gmail and Google Calendar connect through Google's OAuth 2.0, and each integration can be disconnected from settings (https://thelobby.ai/privacy). No API, MCP server or other interface for an outside agent was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "US$50 a month paid monthly or US$42 a month paid annually, with unlimited emails and calendars and a 50+ tools add-on (https://thelobby.ai/ and https://thelobby.ai/llms.txt). The terms say every plan has a 7-day free trial and nothing is charged until it ends. Whether the trial needs a card wasn't established. Checked 21 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$50 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on thelobby.ai, its llms.txt, terms or privacy policy, checked 21 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-21" }, "llmsTxt": "https://thelobby.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.proactive", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "trial", "llms-txt", "not-for-agents" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Lobby 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": 11.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1182, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 41, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-21" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.", "disclosure": "Lobby 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": [ "The terms say nothing is sent, booked or updated until the owner explicitly approves it.", "The terms and privacy policy agree on no model training and deletion within 30 days of account closure.", "Public prices of US$50 a month, or US$42 a month billed annually, with a 7-day free trial in the terms.", "An llms.txt that describes the product, connections, approval model and prices." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No status page, changelog, release notes or security.txt found on 21 October 2026.", "The privacy policy names no model provider, and the sign-up app's Bubble hosting and Hotjar and PostHog scripts aren't named as processors.", "The home page's 92% prediction accuracy and other figures are the vendor's, with no method published." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.", "Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.", "Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 11.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 47, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-21", "maintenance": "2026-10-21", "payments": "2026-10-21", "reliability": "2026-10-21", "schema": "2026-10-21", "security": "2026-10-21", "transparency": "2026-10-21" }, "last": "2026-10-21", "oldest": "2026-10-21", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lobby-os" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lobby, monthly billing", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "Checked 21 October 2026." }, { "item": "Lobby, annual billing", "unit": "month", "usd": 42, "note": "Per month, billed annually." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lobby OS, Inc.", "domain": "thelobby.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://thelobby.ai/terms_of_use", "privacy": "https://thelobby.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-21", "notes": [ "Terms of Use and Privacy Policy both last updated 26 March 2026.", "thelobby.ai/.well-known/security.txt, /changelog, /docs and /pricing return 404. status.thelobby.ai doesn't resolve.", "The domain's registration date wasn't established (rdap.org had no answer for .ai)." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Lobby OS, 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", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "none", "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" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Lobby?" }, { "answer": "CowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Lobby.", "question": "Are CowAgent and Lobby open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 2" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "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": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.", "slug": "lobby-os", "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/asmi-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Asmi vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent" }, { "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/brea-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Brea vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent" }, { "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/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-lobby-os.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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-lobby-os.json", "title": "Boski vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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-lobby-os.json", "title": "Caddy vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "CowAgent vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-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-tasker-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "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-lobby-os.json", "title": "folk vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "GAIA vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Haven vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Instinct vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Leon vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Lindy vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "asaply vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Brea vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/del-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Del vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Lobby vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura.json", "title": "Lobby vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Lobby vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Lobby vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lobby vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.json", "title": "Lobby vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke.json", "title": "Lobby vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn.json", "title": "Lobby vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town.json", "title": "Lobby vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Lobby vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Lobby vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Lobby vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Asmi vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Atticus vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Atticus vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Boba vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Hark Pro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro" }, { "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/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Lobby vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 69, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "lobby-os": 15, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 57, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "lobby-os": 10, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "ergonomics", "lobby-os": 0, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 43, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "security", "lobby-os": 0, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "payments", "lobby-os": 20, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 81, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "maintenance", "lobby-os": 2, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "transparency", "lobby-os": 43, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "tutorials": [], "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.", "lobby-os": "Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #650 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n- Lobby: grade F, 11.1/100, rank #1182 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1006 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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 2\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\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### Lobby (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.\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 | Lobby | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 15 | CowAgent +69 |\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 | 0 | CowAgent +43 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | CowAgent +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 2 | CowAgent +81 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 43 | CowAgent +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **11.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | Lobby |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Lobby OS, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | none |\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| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |\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**Lobby.** Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.\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### Lobby\n\n1. Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.\n2. Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.\n3. Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Lobby?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are CowAgent and Lobby open source?\n\nCowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Lobby.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"lobby-os\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cowagent lobby-os`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CowAgent or Lobby\n\n- [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Asmi vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Brea vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Boski vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boski vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [CowAgent vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-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 Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tasker-ai.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 Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [GAIA vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Haven vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Instinct vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Leon vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lindy vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lobby vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Brea vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os.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- [Del vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lobby vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Lobby vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura.md)\n- [Lobby vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Lobby vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Lobby vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Lobby vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lobby vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.md)\n- [Lobby vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lobby vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Lobby vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town.md)\n- [Lobby vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Lobby vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Lobby vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Asmi vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Atticus vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Atticus vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Boba vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hark Pro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lobby vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Lobby competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor 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