# Droid CLI vs OpenMausBot

> OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) to Droid CLI's 59.2 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Droid CLI's 59.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Droid CLI leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Droid CLI: grade C, 59.2/100, rank #651 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/droid-cli.json
- OpenMausBot: grade B, 65.4/100, rank #368 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json
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## Which one, for what

### Droid CLI (C)

Good for: Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 79 against 74
- Transparency & trust, 65 against 59

Watch for: No free tier or trial was found. Plans start at $20 a month and included usage is stated only as rolling rate limits without numbers

### OpenMausBot (B)

Good for: A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 60 against 49
- Schema & documentation, 90 against 79
- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 72
- Payments & pricing, 50 against 10

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Droid CLI | OpenMausBot | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 49 | 60 | OpenMausBot +11 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 90 | OpenMausBot +11 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 77 | OpenMausBot +5 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 59 | Droid CLI +4 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 50 | OpenMausBot +40 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 74 | Droid CLI +5 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 59 | Droid CLI +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| **Total** | | **59.2 · C** | **65.4 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Droid CLI | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Factory | Supamaus Software Private Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 20 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 | 2026-10-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-10-18 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |

## Verdicts

**Droid CLI.** `droid exec` is read-only unless `--auto` raises the autonomy level, with command rules, an optional kernel-enforced sandbox, JSON output and documented exit codes. No free tier, status page or security.txt was found, the source is closed, and usage metrics go to Factory by default.

**OpenMausBot.** A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.

## Before you call either

### Droid CLI

1. Set `FACTORY_API_KEY` (starts `fk-`) from the API keys page in Factory settings for headless runs. Interactive use signs in through a browser
2. Start with `droid exec` and no flags for analysis. Add `--auto low` for edits and `--auto medium` for installs, tests and local commits
3. Use `--output-format json` and read `is_error`, `num_turns` and `session_id`. Treat a non-zero exit code as failure
4. Set `sandbox.enabled` to true before running on untrusted code. In `droid exec` a sandbox violation is denied without a prompt
5. Pin the version in CI with `npm install -g droid@<version>`, or set `FACTORY_DROID_AUTO_UPDATE_ENABLED=false` on standalone installs, which update themselves

### OpenMausBot

1. Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings > Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`
2. Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt
3. Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting
4. Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed
5. Ask the owner to switch off Settings > General > Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Droid CLI or OpenMausBot?

OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Droid CLI's 59.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Droid CLI leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

### Are Droid CLI and OpenMausBot open source?

No open-source release is listed for Droid CLI. OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0).


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- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "droid-cli", "b": "openmausbot"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare droid-cli openmausbot`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/droid-cli.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json

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