# Crush vs HarnessRouter (slim)

> Crush scores 56.5 (C) to HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Crush scores 56.5 (C) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- HarnessRouter: D 53.2, rank #803 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harnessrouter.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Reliability, 54 against 35; Payments & pricing, 55 against 25; Maintenance & community, 82 against 72. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where HarnessRouter loses 5 points for them.
- HarnessRouter, good for A product team that wants to run Codex, Claude Code, Hermes or 23 other harnesses server-side behind one task, session and file contract, and switch between them by changing an ID. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 83 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 52; Security & auth, 58 against 44; Transparency & trust, 72 against 56. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Open source.

| Category | Crush | HarnessRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | HarnessRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | HarnessRouter (Lumentree Corporation) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.harnessrouter.ai` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides. |
| Tools exposed | none | 0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 3.1k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |