# folk vs NanoClaw (slim)

> NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) to folk's 19.8 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- folk: F 19.8, rank #993 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md
- NanoClaw: B 68.3, rank #229 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.min.md
- folk, good for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Also No incidents deducted, where NanoClaw loses 5 points for them.
- NanoClaw, good 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 Reliability, 78 against 25; Schema & documentation, 82 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 0; Security & auth, 74 against 3; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 78 against 35. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | folk | NanoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 78 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | folk | NanoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | NanoCo, Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 31k stars |