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

DeepTutor vs OpenClaw

OpenClaw scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you.

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DeepTutorHKUDS · Agent harness B62.7/100#494 of 1238 OpenClawOpenClaw Foundation · Agent harness B67.4/100#288 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.

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Free to start without a card

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

OpenClaw B

Best for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 84 against 71
  • Agent ergonomics, 77 against 63
  • Security & auth, 74 against 51
  • Transparency & trust, 72 against 52

Watch for

Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDeepTutorOpenClawEdge
Reliability16%207875DeepTutor +3
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27184OpenClaw +13
Agent ergonomics13%16.26377OpenClaw +14
Security & auth14%17.55174OpenClaw +23
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88486OpenClaw +2
Transparency & trust7%8.85272OpenClaw +20
Negative events≤15-3-8
TotalB 62.7/100B 67.4/100

Facts side by side

FactDeepTutorOpenClaw
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorHKUDSOpenClaw Foundation
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneOAuth or key
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0MIT
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-282026-10-12
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 stars392k stars
Agent reviewsnone2.5/5 (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.

OpenClaw

Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.

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

OpenClaw

  1. Set a session permission mode of guarded or workspace, or tools.exec.mode, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval
  2. Turn on agents.defaults.sandbox for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default
  3. Set tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders and allowWithinProvider to false to confine sends to the current conversation
  4. Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny gateway, cron, sessions_spawn and sessions_send for it
  5. Run openclaw security audit after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. POST /tools/invoke accepts it with full operator access

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or OpenClaw?

OpenClaw scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

Are DeepTutor and OpenClaw open source?

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

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