{ "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 Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "zapia", "name": "Zapia", "vendor": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "vendorUrl": "https://zapia.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Zapia is a personal AI assistant app for iOS, Android and the web, aimed at Latin America. It reads connected email, calendars, files and chats, sends reminders, drafts replies and runs scheduled tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json", "license": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Apps for iPhone and Android, and the web by signing in with Google (https://zapia.com/?lang=en). The changelog says each connector asks only for the permissions it needs and can be revoked on its own (https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at US$0 a month, \"The free plan isn't a trial\", with up to 20 scheduled tasks. Pro US$9.99 a month with up to 50 scheduled tasks and Ultra US$99.99 a month with 10 times the usage and up to 100, each with a 7-day trial that converts to paid unless cancelled. Payment is by card in the app, and web payment is not available (https://zapia.com/planes?lang=en, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on zapia.com's plans, terms or changelog, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "ios", "android" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Zapia 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": 17.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 995, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 31, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.", "bestFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "disclosure": "Zapia competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "Free plan at US$0 that the plans page says isn't a trial, with card payment only for paid plans.", "Anything that writes goes through an explicit confirmation, per the changelog of 18 June 2026.", "Fifteen iOS versions between 20 July and 12 October 2026.", "The privacy notice names OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as its AI providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The terms carry no date.", "Hosting and data locations aren't stated." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.", "Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store." ], "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": 17.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zapia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Zapia Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Up to 50 scheduled tasks, 7-day trial. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Zapia Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "10 times Pro's usage, up to 100 scheduled tasks." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brainlogic AI SAS", "domain": "zapia.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-08-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://zapia.com/terminos?lang=en", "privacy": "https://zapia.com/privacidad?lang=en", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Brainlogic AI SAS and carry no date. The privacy notice was last updated on 5 October 2026.", "The site footer shows \"All systems operational\" with no link to a status page.", "zapia.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and zapia.com/llms.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-08-03 for zapia.com." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "zhayujie", "b": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "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": "", "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 Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Zapia?" }, { "answer": "CowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia.", "question": "Are CowAgent and Zapia open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 3", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 56" ], "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": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 45" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "slug": "zapia", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "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-zapia.json", "title": "asaply vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Asmi vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Poke vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.json", "title": "szn vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tab vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "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/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Zapia vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Zapia vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zo-computer" }, { "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/boski-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boski vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent" }, { "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/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-town.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/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/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Leon vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Pally vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Talorys vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 69, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "zapia": 15 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 67, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 59, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 40, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "zapia": 3 }, { "by": 30, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "zapia": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 27, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "zapia": 56 }, { "by": 14, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "zapia", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "zapia": 59 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "zapia": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants reached by message.\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- Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 3\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 56\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### Zapia (F)\n\nGood for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CowAgent | Zapia | 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 | 3 | CowAgent +40 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | CowAgent +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 56 | CowAgent +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 59 | Zapia +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.5 · C** | **17.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CowAgent | Zapia |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | zhayujie | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 47k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**CowAgent.** MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.\n\n**Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location 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### Zapia\n\n1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.\n2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CowAgent or Zapia?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are CowAgent and Zapia open source?\n\nCowAgent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cowagent\", \"b\": \"zapia\"}`. 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CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.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 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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- [Gemini Spark vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Leon vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Zapia competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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