{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cowagent", "name": "CowAgent", "vendor": "zhayujie", "vendorUrl": "https://cowagent.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "CowAgent is an open-source AI assistant that its owner runs on a computer or server. It plans tasks, runs tools and skills, keeps long-term memory in local files and answers on a web console and messaging apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "zhayujie/chatgpt-on-wechat" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account. The web console listens on 127.0.0.1 with no password by default, and `web_password` adds a login whose session lasts 30 days. `external_api_token` is one Bearer token for the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, which stays off while the token is empty (https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/web). Messaging channels use each platform's bot token or app secret in `config.json`. Model keys go in `config.json` or environment variables.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with nothing to buy to run it. The owner pays the configured model provider, or nothing with a local model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The README names LinkAI as a seller of managed hosting, and link-ai.tech did not answer on 12 October 2026, so its prices were not read.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 47400, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/intro/index", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client", "assistant.accounts" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "llms-txt", "docker", "python", "openai-compatible" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 592, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-31. Issue #2998 reports that a member of a Feishu group asked the bot for local files and it sent the owner's documents into the group. This is the reporter's account and we did not reproduce it. We confirmed in the master source on 12 October 2026 that group channels accept every group, that full-access is the default and that the proposed sender gating is absent. Open and unfixed, -3. https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/issues/2998", "2026-07-29. Version 2.1.5 fixed a chain in which injected content led the agent to rewrite the MCP config, run arbitrary commands and take keys, and fixed the `edit` tool reaching `~/.cow/.env`. Both are described in the release notes with no advisory. Fixed and documented, -2. https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/v2.1.5" ], "verdict": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.", "bestFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "strengths": [ "Memory is plain Markdown under `~/cow` (`MEMORY.md`, `memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md`), readable and removable by the owner", "Three permission modes per session (read-only, workspace-write, full-access), with a global default in `agent_permission_mode`", "The web console binds to 127.0.0.1 by default, and the cloud client loads only when `use_linkai` and a deployment id are both set", "Seven tagged releases between 20 July and 30 September 2026, each with dated notes in the docs", "Tests run on Python 3.11 and 3.13 for every push to master, and the 15 newest master runs we saw passed on 12 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call", "The permission checks read arguments and are not an OS sandbox, as the source says. The `bash` blocklist covers only root deletion, disk wiping and power commands", "Issue #2998, open since 31 July 2026, reports the bot sending the owner's local documents into a Feishu group. Its fix is not on master", "No setting limits which Telegram, Slack or Discord users may message the bot, and those channels reply in every group", "No SECURITY.md, security.txt, privacy policy or terms. Model keys sit in `config.json` and MCP keys in `mcp.json` as plain text" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access`", "Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner", "Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default", "Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model", "Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "connect": { "install": "bash \u003c(curl -fsSL https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/run.sh) # or: curl -O https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/docker-compose.yml \u0026\u0026 docker compose up -d", "http": "curl http://localhost:9899/v1/chat/completions -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"model\":\"cowagent\",\"conversation_id\":\"example-conversation\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cowagent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "cowagent.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No company or legal entity is named for CowAgent. The licence names zhayujie, and the cowagent.ai footer reads Copyright 2026 CowAgent.", "The README lists sales@simple-future.tech and LinkAI (link-ai.tech) for enterprise services and managed hosting. link-ai.tech did not answer our robots.txt request on 12 October 2026, so none of its pages were read.", "cowagent.ai links no terms and no privacy policy. Its sitemap lists the home, download and blog pages only.", "cowagent.ai answers `/.well-known/security.txt` and `/llms.txt` with the home page, so neither file exists. docs.cowagent.ai serves an llms.txt.", "The registration date of cowagent.ai was not looked up." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.json", "live": { "slug": "cowagent", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "zhayujie/CowAgent", "version": "2.2.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:51:12.997000915Z" } ], "githubStars": 47384, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cowagent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:46:06.445043921Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:19.298641829Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:14:33.661628287Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:14:33.661628287Z", "fingerprint": "5a53929583ea" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T22:51:12.997000915Z" } }, "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "town", "name": "Town", "vendor": "Town.com, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.town.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Town is a hosted AI assistant, called a Townie, with its own email address. It works across the owner's email, calendar and connected work apps, runs scheduled routines, and answers by email, text, WhatsApp, Telegram, the web or iOS.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json", "license": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "People sign up at town.com with account credentials or a linked Google or single sign-on account (https://www.town.com/terms-of-service). A routine can expose its own webhook URL, called with a bearer secret that is shown once and can be rotated. Town answers a wrong secret, a disabled endpoint and a missing one with the same 404 (https://www.town.com/docs/routines/stock-routines/webhooks).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no credit card, 30 chat messages a month, the weekly briefing and a 7-day Pro trial on signup. Starter is $15 a month billed monthly with 1,250 credits. Pro ($49), Power ($99) and Power Plus ($199) are monthly prices at the billed-annually rate, and monthly billing is \"available at a slightly higher rate\". Team is $59 and Team Plus $149 a seat a month. Credits past the allotment bill at $0.044 (Pro), $0.038 (Power, Team), $0.032 (Power Plus) and $0.030 (Team Plus), with an optional monthly spend cap (https://www.town.com/pricing and https://www.town.com/docs/billing/plans, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on town.com's pricing, docs and terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.town.com/docs", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "email.inbound", "voice.calls", "memory.user", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "ios", "soc2", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-10", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Town 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": 48.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 834, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 33, "security": 79, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.", "bestFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.", "disclosure": "Town 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": [ "Per-routine webhook secrets, shown once and rotatable, with an X-Town-Idempotency-Key header and six documented responses.", "Routines run in autonomous, approval-required or read-only mode, with per-tool overrides and account scope defaulting to the trigger account.", "Webhook payloads are framed as untrusted data, and Town can block a webhook routine that combines untrusted input with autonomous sending.", "SOC 2 Type 2 audited per the trust page, with a security@corp.town.com reporting address.", "Free plan at $0 with no credit card, and a dated subprocessor list naming model providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.", "The trust page says Town never sends without the owner's OK, while the docs describe autonomous routines and an Allow all actions session mode.", "A webhook call returns only 202, so the caller can't read what the routine did.", "No status page, published webhook rate limit or SLA found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.", "Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.", "Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.", "Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.", "Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 33, "security": 79, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/town" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Town Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "Billed monthly, 1,250 credits. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Town Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "Billed annually, 5,000 credits. Monthly billing costs more." }, { "item": "Town Power", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "Billed annually, 12,000 credits." }, { "item": "Town Power Plus", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "40,000 credits." }, { "item": "Town Team", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 59, "note": "6,000 credits a seat, pooled." }, { "item": "Town Pro overage", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.044, "note": "Per credit past the plan allotment." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Town.com, Inc.", "domain": "town.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-11-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.town.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.town.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.town.com/updates", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "town.com's robots.txt gives ClaudeBot an allow list of named pages and disallows everything else, so only listed pages were read. security.txt and llms.txt are not on the list and were not requested.", "The terms name Town.com, Inc. and were updated on 21 July 2026. Legal contact legal@corp.town.com, support support@corp.town.com.", "No status page was found on the pages read.", "Webhook URLs are created per routine on Town's own service; their host is not shown in the docs.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1996-11-13 for town.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Town.com, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-10", "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 Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Town?" }, { "answer": "CowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Town.", "question": "Are CowAgent and Town open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 33", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 49", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 60" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "slug": "cowagent", "watchFor": "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 43", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.", "slug": "town", "watchFor": "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "asaply vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.json", "title": "asaply vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Asmi vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.json", "title": "Asmi vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boba vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.json", "title": "Boba vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Brea vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.json", "title": "Brea vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "CowAgent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.json", "title": "CowAgent vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.json", "title": "Del vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.json", "title": "Orbits vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.json", "title": "szn vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Tab vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Town vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-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-town.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town" }, { "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-town.json", "title": "Boski vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town" }, { "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-town.json", "title": "Caddy vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town" }, { "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-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-town.json", "title": "folk vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.json", "title": "GAIA vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.json", "title": "Haven vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.json", "title": "Instinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.json", "title": "Leon vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.json", "title": "Lindy vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.json", "title": "nanobot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.json", "title": "Dots vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.json", "title": "Poke vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Town vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Town vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.json", "title": "Pally vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.json", "title": "Tomo vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Town vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.json", "title": "Talorys vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 49, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "town": 35, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 34, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "town": 33, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "town": 49, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 36, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "town", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "town": 79, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "town": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 23, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "town": 60, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 18, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "town", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "town": 63, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "verdicts": { "cowagent": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.", "town": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #592 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n- Town: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #834 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### CowAgent (C)\n\nGood for: One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call\n\n### Town (D)\n\nGood for: An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 43\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CowAgent | Town | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 84 | 35 | CowAgent +49 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 33 | CowAgent +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 49 | CowAgent +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 79 | Town +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | CowAgent +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 60 | CowAgent +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 63 | Town +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **48.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | Town |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Town.com, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-10 |\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**Town.** Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.\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### Town\n\n1. Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.\n2. Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.\n3. Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.\n4. Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.\n5. Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Town?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are CowAgent and Town open source?\n\nCowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Town.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"town\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare cowagent town`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json\n\n## Other comparisons with CowAgent or Town\n\n- [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [asaply vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.md)\n- [Asmi vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Asmi vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Brea vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Brea vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs 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Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [szn vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town.md)\n- [Boski vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boski vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.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 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 Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.md)\n- [GAIA vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Haven vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.md)\n- [Instinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Leon vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.md)\n- [Lindy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.md)\n- [nanobot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Dots vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Town vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-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- [Natura tinyNature vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.md)\n- [Pally vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.md)\n- [Tomo vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Town competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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