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Each organisation pastes a key for OpenAI, OpenRouter, xAI, DeepInfra or Kimi Code, or points at a local OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and the key is sent only to that provider. The web app on 127.0.0.1:8080 has no login by default; whoever reaches the port is the operator. AUTH_MODE=trusted-header takes identity from an authenticating proxy with a shared secret.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under AGPL-3.0 to run yourself, with model usage billed by your own provider and no spend cap set by guilds.run. 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The home page says each agent has its own computer, and its script example reads sandboxed in scout's workspace. Since the change of 13 October 2026 (pull request #8, per-org machines), agents are placed on shared machines, and the vendor's own register (SEC-24, open and accepted) says agents on one machine can read each other's homes, git tokens, browser sessions and running commands' environments. The footer also links to terms and privacy pages that return 404. The docs state the shared-machine risk plainly, so 2 points. https://www.guilds.run/ and https://github.com/CigaleAI/guilds/blob/main/docs/architecture/security-register.md" ], "verdict": "A self-hosted multi-agent system that records each run's prompt, tool calls and memory changes, with per-agent models and tools and no telemetry by default. 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Users install whatever is on main", "13 issues in the vendor's security register are open, among them shared machines (SEC-24), root shells (SEC-6) and prompt injection into coding agents (SEC-8)", "No login on the default box. Whoever reaches port 8080 is the operator, and remote use needs a proxy or tailnet", "Terms and privacy links on guilds.run return 404, and no privacy statement for the software was found", "Five days of public history on 14 October 2026, with 57 stars and eight issues and pull requests" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep the box on loopback or behind an authenticating proxy with AUTH_MODE=trusted-header. The default mode does not authenticate", "Put agents that hold different secrets or GitHub tokens on different machines. Agents on one machine can read each other's homes and tokens", "Back up the .env file written by ./setup.sh. It holds the only copy of the key that encrypts stored credentials", "Set a spend limit at your model provider. guilds.run sets no spend cap, and max_tool_calls defaults to 50 per run", "Pin a commit of main when you deploy. 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No legal form or address was found.", "The footer links to https://www.guilds.run/terms and https://www.guilds.run/privacy, and both returned 404 on 14 October 2026.", "www.guilds.run/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. The repository has SECURITY.md with GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "RDAP gives guilds.run a registration date of 2026-09-19.", "The GitHub organisation CigaleAI was created on 2025-02-17 and is not verified." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guilds-run.json", "live": { "slug": "guilds-run", "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.guilds.run/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:13:14.789150755Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "56ebea156266" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T21:13:14.789150755Z" } }, "answer": "LangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. guilds.run leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "langgraph", "name": "LangGraph", "vendor": "LangChain", "vendorUrl": "https://www.langchain.com", "kind": "framework", "category": "frameworks", "summary": "Low-level runtime for long-running, stateful agent graphs with checkpointed persistence, human-in-the-loop, memory and streaming.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/langgraph.json", "repo": "https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "langgraph" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@langchain/langgraph" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "A library. Credentials are for whichever model and tools you wire in.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the model calls it makes. LangSmith for tracing is free for one developer, then $39 a seat a month. 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Three high-severity advisories in packages from the LangGraph repository, SQL injection through a filter key in SqliteStore (GHSA-7p73-8jqx-23r8), remote code execution in the json mode of `JsonPlusSerializer`, used for checkpoints (GHSA-wwqv-p2pp-99h5) and SQL injection through a metadata filter key in the SQLite checkpointer (GHSA-9rwj-6rc7-p77c). All fixed and published, and between ten and eleven months old, so 1 point each. Five moderate advisories in 2026 weren't deducted. https://github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/security" ], "verdict": "Checkpointed persistence, so runs survive restarts and resume where they stopped. No MCP client of its own. 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LangChain's langchain.mcp is in beta", "More code than the others for a plain tool-calling agent", "No guardrail primitive or sandbox in LangGraph itself", "416 open issues and 230 open pull requests", "The CLI sends an analytics event per command by default" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a persistent checkpointer in production, not the in-memory one", "Move from langchain-mcp-adapters to langchain.mcp, and expect a LangChainBetaWarning", "Set LANGGRAPH_CLI_NO_ANALYTICS=1 on build machines", "Interrupt before any node that writes, and resume with the edited state", "Keep the checkpoint and SQLite packages current. 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LangChain's langchain.mcp is in beta" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.framework", "name": "Agent frameworks" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "AgentOS vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "AgentOS vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "Agno vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "Agno vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-agent-sdk-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "Claude Agent SDK vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-agent-sdk-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-agent-sdk-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "Claude Agent SDK vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-agent-sdk-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crewai-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "CrewAI vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crewai-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crewai-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "CrewAI vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crewai-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-agent-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "Docker Agent vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-agent-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-agent-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "Docker Agent vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-agent-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-adk-vs-guilds-run.json", "title": "Agent Development Kit (ADK) vs guilds.run", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-adk-vs-guilds-run" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-adk-vs-langgraph.json", "title": "Agent Development Kit (ADK) vs LangGraph", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-adk-vs-langgraph" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-microsoft-agent-framework.json", "title": "guilds.run vs Microsoft Agent Framework", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-microsoft-agent-framework" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-openai-agents-sdk.json", "title": "guilds.run vs OpenAI Agents SDK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-openai-agents-sdk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-pydantic-ai.json", "title": "guilds.run vs Pydantic AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-pydantic-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-microsoft-agent-framework.json", "title": "LangGraph vs Microsoft Agent Framework", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-microsoft-agent-framework" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-openai-agents-sdk.json", "title": "LangGraph vs OpenAI Agents SDK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-openai-agents-sdk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-pydantic-ai.json", "title": "LangGraph vs Pydantic AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langgraph-vs-pydantic-ai" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 22, "edge": "langgraph", "guilds-run": 53, "key": "reliability", "langgraph": 75, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 31, "edge": "langgraph", "guilds-run": 58, "key": "schema", "langgraph": 89, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "langgraph", "guilds-run": 67, "key": "ergonomics", "langgraph": 70, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "guilds-run", "guilds-run": 68, "key": "security", "langgraph": 60, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "guilds-run": 60, "key": "payments", "langgraph": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 49, "edge": "langgraph", "guilds-run": 41, "key": "maintenance", "langgraph": 90, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 27, "edge": "langgraph", "guilds-run": 52, "key": "transparency", "langgraph": 79, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "LangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. guilds.run leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do agent frameworks.", "verdicts": { "guilds-run": "A self-hosted multi-agent system that records each run's prompt, tool calls and memory changes, with per-agent models and tools and no telemetry by default. Public since 9 October 2026, it has no tagged release or published package, its own security register lists 13 open issues, and the site's terms and privacy links return 404.", "langgraph": "Checkpointed persistence, so runs survive restarts and resume where they stopped. No MCP client of its own. LangChain's langchain.mcp is in beta." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-langgraph", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-langgraph.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-langgraph.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guilds-run-vs-langgraph.min.md" }, "markdown": "LangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. guilds.run leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do agent frameworks.\n\n- guilds.run: grade C, 56.5/100, rank #674 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guilds-run.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guilds-run.json\n- LangGraph: grade BB, 70.6/100, rank #153 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/langgraph.json\n- Best agent frameworks and SDKs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/frameworks/index.md\n- All 55 frameworks comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/frameworks/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### guilds.run (C)\n\nGood for: A person or small team that wants a standing, inspectable team of agents with schedules, shared tables and a web app, run on one machine, and is comfortable tracking main.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No tagged release, version number, changelog or published image. Users install whatever is on main\n\n### LangGraph (BB)\n\nGood for: Long-running, stateful agents that pause for people and must survive restarts.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 53\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 58\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 41\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 52\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: No MCP client of its own. LangChain's langchain.mcp is in beta\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | guilds.run | LangGraph | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 75 | LangGraph +22 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 89 | LangGraph +31 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 70 | LangGraph +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 60 | guilds.run +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 41 | 90 | LangGraph +49 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 79 | LangGraph +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **56.5 · C** | **70.6 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | guilds.run | LangGraph |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Cigale AI | LangChain |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-21 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 57 stars | 42k stars, 2.3M npm/wk, 10.4M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**guilds.run.** A self-hosted multi-agent system that records each run's prompt, tool calls and memory changes, with per-agent models and tools and no telemetry by default. Public since 9 October 2026, it has no tagged release or published package, its own security register lists 13 open issues, and the site's terms and privacy links return 404.\n\n**LangGraph.** Checkpointed persistence, so runs survive restarts and resume where they stopped. No MCP client of its own. LangChain's langchain.mcp is in beta.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### guilds.run\n\n1. Keep the box on loopback or behind an authenticating proxy with AUTH_MODE=trusted-header. The default mode does not authenticate\n2. Put agents that hold different secrets or GitHub tokens on different machines. Agents on one machine can read each other's homes and tokens\n3. Back up the .env file written by ./setup.sh. It holds the only copy of the key that encrypts stored credentials\n4. Set a spend limit at your model provider. guilds.run sets no spend cap, and max_tool_calls defaults to 50 per run\n5. Pin a commit of main when you deploy. There are no tagged releases or versioned images yet\n\n### LangGraph\n\n1. Use a persistent checkpointer in production, not the in-memory one\n2. Move from langchain-mcp-adapters to langchain.mcp, and expect a LangChainBetaWarning\n3. Set LANGGRAPH_CLI_NO_ANALYTICS=1 on build machines\n4. Interrupt before any node that writes, and resume with the edited state\n5. Keep the checkpoint and SQLite packages current. Each had a high-severity advisory in late 2025\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, guilds.run or LangGraph?\n\nLangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. guilds.run leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Are guilds.run and LangGraph open source?\n\nYes. guilds.run is open source (AGPL-3.0-only). 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