# Graphicle vs Honcho

> Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) to Honcho's 64.1 (B) for memory search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against Honcho's 64.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do memory search. Honcho accepts x402. Graphicle doesn't.

- Graphicle: grade B, 69.8/100, rank #178 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graphicle.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json
- Honcho: grade B, 64.1/100, rank #392 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 65 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Graphicle (B)

Good for: A developer who wants one local tool that gives Claude Code, Codex or Cursor both code structure and project memory with citations.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 63 against 50
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 65
- Security & auth, 69 against 48

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

Watch for: One release, v0.1.0 on 14 October 2026, from a repository created that day

### Honcho (B)

Good for: Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 80 against 60
- Maintenance & community, 73 against 48

Also in its favour:
- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Graphicle | Honcho | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 50 | Graphicle +13 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 79 | Graphicle +4 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 65 | Graphicle +21 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 69 | 48 | Graphicle +21 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 80 | Honcho +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 73 | Honcho +25 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 67 | Graphicle +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **69.8 · B** | **64.1 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Graphicle | Honcho |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | KarLex AI, Inc. | Plastic Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | yes, from $0.001/call |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Tools exposed | 25 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-14 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-14 | 2025-04-24 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |
| Popularity | 144 stars | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Graphicle.** One local program gives a coding agent a code graph and project memory through 25 typed, annotated MCP tools that return cited excerpts within a token budget, with agent-written memories held for human approval. It is one day old at version 0.1.0, its SDKs are not on any registry, and the licence and advisory check fails on main.

**Honcho.** Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA.

## Before you call either

### Graphicle

1. Call `recall_project` with a `max_tokens` budget, then `read_project_source` with the cited id and byte offset to continue a cut excerpt
2. Use `query_graph`, `get_neighbors` and `shortest_path` for structure questions, and pass `repo` to reach another synced project
3. Treat proposed memories as drafts. They are not served until a person approves them in `graphicle open` under Memory
4. Ask the user before running `graphicle setup`, which edits agent settings, AGENTS.md and Git hooks, and use `graphicle disconnect` to undo it
5. Over HTTP send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, never in the URL, and on 429 wait for the Retry-After reset

### Honcho

1. Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages
2. Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters
3. Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal
4. Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace
5. Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Graphicle or Honcho?

Graphicle scores 69.8 (B) on agent readiness against Honcho's 64.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Honcho leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

### Do Graphicle and Honcho need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in. An agent can also pay Honcho per call over x402, with no account.

### Can an agent call Graphicle and Honcho without installing anything?

Graphicle runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Honcho has a hosted endpoint at https://api.honcho.dev/v3.

### Are Graphicle and Honcho open source?

Yes. Graphicle is open source (Apache-2.0). Honcho is open source (AGPL-3.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-honcho.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/graphicle-vs-honcho.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "graphicle", "b": "honcho"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare graphicle honcho`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graphicle.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json

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