# DeepTutor vs folk

> DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to folk's 19.7 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-30

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you.

- DeepTutor: grade B, 62.7/100, rank #494 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json
- folk: grade F, 19.7/100, rank #1189 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### DeepTutor (B)

Good for: A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 78 against 25
- Schema & documentation, 71 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 0
- Security & auth, 51 against 3
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
- Maintenance & community, 84 against 35

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Open source

Watch for: The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials

### folk (F)

Good for: People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.

Ahead on:
- Transparency & trust, 66 against 52

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them

Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | DeepTutor | folk | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 25 | DeepTutor +53 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 10 | DeepTutor +61 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 0 | DeepTutor +63 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 3 | DeepTutor +48 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | DeepTutor +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 35 | DeepTutor +49 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 66 | folk +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **19.7 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | DeepTutor | folk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | HKUDS | Nozomio, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-20 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 51k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**DeepTutor.** DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.

**folk.** folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.

## Before you call either

### DeepTutor

1. Run `deeptutor run <capability> "..." --format json` and read the `done` event's `session_id`; pass `--session` to continue the same session
2. Configure with `deeptutor config apply setup.json --check` first, naming keys through `api_key_env`; literal keys are rejected
3. Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in `auth.json`, set exact `cors_origins` and set `BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1` where loopback is wanted
4. Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)
5. Set `sandbox_allow_subprocess` to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap

### folk

1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.
2. Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or folk?

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on transparency & trust.

### Are DeepTutor and folk open source?

DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for folk.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-folk-nozomio.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-folk-nozomio.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deeptutor", "b": "folk-nozomio"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deeptutor folk-nozomio`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json

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## Disclosure

- folk 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.

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