{ "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": 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 Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "tomo", "name": "Tomo", "vendor": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.tomo.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tomo is a personal AI from Mapo Labs that a person texts over iMessage or uses in its iOS app. It remembers goals, checks in first, joins group chats, sets reminders and connects to the owner's calendar and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json", "license": "Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person starts by texting Tomo, signs in at tomo.ai/login or in the iOS app, and the account is tied to their phone number (https://www.tomo.ai/about). No API key, MCP server or other programmatic access was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The base plan starts at $19.99 a month, with other plans that raise messaging limits, and the site says prices may vary by user and promotion (https://www.tomo.ai/about). The App Store lists in-app purchases named Tomo Pro at $19.99 and $119.99 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tomo-your-personal-ai/id6757726935), checked 12 October 2026. No free plan was found. Payments run through Stripe.", "priceSummary": "$19.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tomo.ai, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.inbound", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tomo 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": 13.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 989, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.", "disclosure": "Tomo 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": [ "In iMessage group chats it shares only busy times from a connected calendar, not event details.", "Google Workspace and health data are excluded from AI training, per the privacy policy.", "Complete deletion requests are processed within 30 days.", "Eight iOS releases between 31 July and 29 September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No free plan or trial found, and prices may vary by user.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The privacy policy shares visitor identifiers with Meta, TikTok and Snap for ad targeting." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.", "Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant." ], "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": 13.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tomo" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Tomo base plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19.99, "note": "Starting price on tomo.ai. Prices may vary by user and promotion." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "domain": "tomo.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-12-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.tomo.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.tomo.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "tomo.ai redirects to www.tomo.ai. The footer links mapolabs.com.", "tomo.ai/.well-known/security.txt and tomo.ai/llms.txt redirect to the login page.", "No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-12-14 for tomo.ai." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Mapo Labs, 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": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-29", "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 Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Tomo?" }, { "answer": "CowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tomo.", "question": "Are CowAgent and Tomo open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 54" ], "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": "People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.", "slug": "tomo", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.accounts", "name": "Assistants that act in your accounts" }, "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": "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-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/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-wajo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.json", "title": "GAIA vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Haven vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Leon vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Lindy vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "nanobot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Dots vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Pally vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Poke vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tomo vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer" }, { "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/talorys-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Talorys vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 69, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tomo": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 67, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 43, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tomo": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 50, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tomo": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tomo": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "tomo", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tomo": 47, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "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.", "tomo": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\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- Tomo: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #989 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 54\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### Tomo (F)\n\nGood for: People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.\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 | Tomo | 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 | 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 | 0 | CowAgent +43 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | CowAgent +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 54 | CowAgent +29 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 47 | Tomo +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **13.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | Tomo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Mapo Labs, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-29 |\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**Tomo.** Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.\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### Tomo\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.\n2. Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Tomo?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are CowAgent and Tomo open source?\n\nCowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tomo.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"tomo\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cowagent tomo`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CowAgent or Tomo\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 Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Haven vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Leon vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Dots vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Tomo competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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