# Core vs HyperQwen (slim)

> HyperQwen scores 56.9 (C) to Core's 7.4 (F) for local inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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HyperQwen scores 56.9 (C) on agent readiness against Core's 7.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do local inference.

- Core: F 7.4, rank #1239 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ghost-core.min.md
- HyperQwen: C 56.9, rank #738 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen.min.md
- Core, good for A household that wants a dedicated box running open-weight models and a memory of its apps, files and devices at home, with a one-off price and no subscription, once it ships.
- HyperQwen, good for An operator with one 24 GB NVIDIA card who wants Qwen3.8-27B behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a coding or tool-calling agent, with long context. Ahead on Reliability, 59 against 5; Schema & documentation, 56 against 7; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 4; Security & auth, 41 against 6; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Maintenance & community, 68 against 3; Transparency & trust, 55 against 46. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Core | HyperQwen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 59 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 7 | 56 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 4 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 6 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Core | HyperQwen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Ghost (ZMJ, Inc.) | syv.ai (syv-ai on GitHub) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Not stated. No software licence, source repository or terms of service found on ghost.ai (checked 2026-10-05). Models listed are Qwen 3.8-Next, Qwen 3.8-27B, Gemma 4-31B and Muse-Glimmer-30B. Ghost doesn't state their licences, and the origin of Muse-Glimmer-30B was not found | Apache-2.0 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-05 | no date given |
| Popularity | none | 2.4k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (1) | none |