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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

DeepTutor vs NanoClaw

NanoClaw scores 68.6 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepTutor leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants that remember you.

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DeepTutorHKUDS · Agent harness B62.7/100#494 of 1238 NanoClawNanoCo, Inc. · Agent harness B68.6/100#235 of 1238

Which one, for what

DeepTutor B

Best 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

  • Maintenance & community, 84 against 78

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

NanoClaw B

Best for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 82 against 71
  • Agent ergonomics, 70 against 63
  • Security & auth, 74 against 51
  • Transparency & trust, 69 against 52

Watch for

The Claude provider runs with permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions', so shell, file and web tools run inside the container with no prompt

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDeepTutorNanoClawEdge
Reliability16%207878even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27182NanoClaw +11
Agent ergonomics13%16.26370NanoClaw +7
Security & auth14%17.55174NanoClaw +23
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88478DeepTutor +6
Transparency & trust7%8.85269NanoClaw +17
Negative events≤15-3-5
TotalB 62.7/100B 68.6/100

Facts side by side

FactDeepTutorNanoClaw
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorHKUDSNanoCo, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneNone
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0MIT
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-282026-10-09
Terms last updatedno document linkedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linkedno document linked
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver
Popularity51k stars31k stars
Agent reviewsnone3/5 (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.

NanoClaw

Each session runs in an unprivileged Docker container and API keys stay in a credential gateway on the host, so a manipulated agent cannot read them. Inside the container the agent runs with permission prompts off, network egress is open by default, and it can message any chat it is wired to without approval.

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

NanoClaw

  1. Install with git clone and bash nanoclaw.sh. There is no registry package, and setup needs Docker, Node 22 or later and a Claude or Codex credential
  2. Set NANOCLAW_EGRESS_LOCKDOWN=true before giving an agent credentials or an audience of strangers. The default leaves egress open
  3. Put chats with different audiences in separate agent groups. Every session of a group shares one read-write workspace and memory tree
  4. Turn on per-request approval for a secret in the gateway when its use should wait for a person. It is off unless configured
  5. On OneCLI installs, move the gateway to 1.42.0 by the upgrade guide before updating to 2026.10.0. The updater stops until that is done

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or NanoClaw?

NanoClaw scores 68.6 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepTutor leads on maintenance & community.

Are DeepTutor and NanoClaw open source?

Yes. DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). NanoClaw is open source (MIT).

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