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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": 993, "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": "2026-10-12T21:56:01.013570574Z" } ], "githubStars": 47358, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:49:47.195928266Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "915f7c8649d9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T21:56:01.013570574Z" } }, "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "talorys", "name": "Talorys", "vendor": "Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Talorys is an open-source, single-user personal AI assistant that its owner deploys into their own Cloudflare account with one command. It chats, keeps editable memories, and manages tasks, notes, projects, reminders and scheduled routines.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json", "repo": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys", "license": "MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "create-talorys" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The installer signs in to Cloudflare through Wrangler's OAuth flow, or uses an API token with Workers Scripts, Pages, Workers AI and Account Settings permissions. The owner password is hashed locally with PBKDF2-SHA256 and stored as a Worker secret. The web app uses an HttpOnly session cookie, and every non-GET request needs an x-talorys-request header and a same-origin Origin (https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/blob/main/docs/security.md). There is no API key, MCP server or signup.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed, designed to fit the Cloudflare Workers Free plan, including a daily Workers AI allocation. On a paid Cloudflare plan, use beyond the included amounts is billed by Cloudflare (https://github.com/rociiu/talorys#7-what-is-free-and-what-may-cost-money).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol. Talorys has no billing of its own, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 978, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/tree/main/docs", "capabilities": [ "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "memory.user", "memory.search", "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "notify.in-app" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "free", "typescript", "cloudflare" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Talorys 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": 28.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 976, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 41, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent.", "bestFor": "A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.", "disclosure": "Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, and no telemetry, analytics or tracking, stated in the README and confirmed in the code.", "Destructive tools need confirmation in the owner's latest message, enforced in code, and scheduled runs get read-only tools.", "SECURITY.md with private reporting, a 3-business-day acknowledgement target and a threat model.", "Designed to fit Cloudflare's Workers Free plan, with nothing to buy from Talorys." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session.", "First released on 10 October 2026 and still pre-1.0 at 0.1.5.", "No changelog or breaking-change notes.", "No mail, calendar, booking, payment or messaging connections in the code." ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions.", "Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers.", "Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "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": 28.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 41, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 77 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "connect": { "install": "npx create-talorys@latest # Node.js 22+, signs in to Cloudflare and deploys into your account" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.memory", "tool": "https://letme.dev/talorys" }, "sameCompany": [ "github-mcp-server", "github-copilot-cli" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "github.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/commits/main", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No company, terms of service or privacy policy. The MIT licence names The Talorys contributors, and Cloudflare's terms and privacy policy cover the hosting.", "Security reports go through GitHub private vulnerability reporting per SECURITY.md. There is no security.txt.", "There is no hosted endpoint. Each install answers on the owner's own pages.dev address.", "GitHub star count was not checked because the GitHub API was not available to us." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.json", "live": { "slug": "talorys", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "create-talorys", "version": "0.1.5", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:32:28.340613655Z" } ], "githubStars": 892, "npmWeekly": 978, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:32:29.267294141Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors", "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": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "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": "978 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Talorys?" }, { "answer": "Yes. CowAgent is open source (MIT). Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.).", "question": "Are CowAgent and Talorys open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 41", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 8" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "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, 52 against 45" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.", "slug": "talorys", "watchFor": "No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.memory", "name": "Assistants that remember you" }, "others": [ { "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/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": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Talorys vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Talorys vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 43, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "talorys": 41, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 67, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "talorys": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "cowagent": 59, "edge": 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Talorys leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that remember you.", "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.", "talorys": "Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that remember you.\n\n- CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #592 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n- Talorys: grade F, 28.9/100, rank #976 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 314 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 41\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 8\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\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### Talorys (F)\n\nGood for: A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CowAgent | Talorys | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 41 | CowAgent +43 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 0 | CowAgent +67 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 0 | CowAgent +59 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 8 | CowAgent +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 83 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 52 | Talorys +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **28.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | Talorys |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 | 978 npm/wk |\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**Talorys.** Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent.\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### Talorys\n\n1. Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions.\n2. Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers.\n3. Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Talorys?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are CowAgent and Talorys open source?\n\nYes. CowAgent is open source (MIT). Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"talorys\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cowagent talorys`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CowAgent or Talorys\n\n- [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.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 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- [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- [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Haven vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Instinct vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Leon vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Lindy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-talorys.md)\n- [nanobot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Dots vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Poke vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Talorys vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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