# guilds.run vs smolagents (slim)

> smolagents scores 58.7 (C) to guilds.run's 53.4 (D) for agent frameworks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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smolagents scores 58.7 (C) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 53.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent frameworks.

- guilds.run: D 53.4, rank #945 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guilds-run.min.md
- smolagents: C 58.7, rank #735 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smolagents.min.md
- guilds.run, good 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. Also Free to start without a card.
- smolagents, good for Small Python projects and research that want code-writing agents with minimal abstraction. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 43; Schema & documentation, 81 against 58; Maintenance & community, 34 against 21; Transparency & trust, 65 against 60. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | guilds.run | smolagents |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 21 | 34 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | guilds.run | smolagents |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cigale AI | Hugging Face |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-05-29 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2022-09-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2023-03-28 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 57 stars | 30k stars, 171k PyPI/wk |

Why the edge:
- Schema & documentation, smolagents +23: guilds.run 58 (Framework reading. No OpenAPI document for the HTTP API. The recipe format guilds.recipe v2 rejects unknown keys, and connector manifests are validated with TypeBox at load (12 of 25). No llms.txt on docs.guilds.run (404 on 4 November). The docs are Markdown in the repository with an AGENTS.md (5 of 10). Pages state what the code does today, which page to read for which job, and the trust boundary in numbered rules (15 of 20). Tool input schemas, recipe caps and typed manifest fields (11 of 15). The getting-started walk says what you should see at each step, and the Operate page explains each startup error message (11 of 15). CHANGELOG.md (since 15 October) holds only an Unreleased section with no version or date, and the security register keeps dated history (4 of 15, the earlier partial kept). 12 + 5 + 15 + 11 + 11 + 4 = 58.); smolagents 81 (Framework reading. A typed Python API with reference pages for agents, models, tools and executors (22). llms.txt and Markdown pages on huggingface.co (10). The docs say when to use CodeAgent or ToolCallingAgent and when a sandbox is needed (17). Tools declare typed inputs in a schema dictionary or from a decorated function (12). Many runnable examples; error classes exist but aren't catalogued (10). Versions tagged with release notes, no changelog file (10). 22+10+17+12+10+10 = 81.)
- Reliability, smolagents +21: guilds.run 43 (Read with the local-software lines, because the owner runs it. Docker with Compose is the stated requirement, and the install is a git clone of main plus ./setup.sh, which builds the images. No package, tagged release or published image exists, since the image workflow runs only on a v* tag and the remote still has none on 4 November 2026 (10 of 20, the earlier partial kept). The verify workflow runs scripts/check.sh on every push, with typecheck, lint, orchestrator, UI and web tests and a smoke test of the Compose stack, and the clone has 356 test files. GitHub's Actions pages and API answered 403 on 4 November, so the pass state on main is unread (15 of 25, down from 25 on the 14 October reading of 13 passing runs). Open issues per the 14 October check, not re-read on 4 November (18 of 25). CHANGELOG.md, added on 15 October, marks each change no impact, rebuild or breaking and CONTRIBUTING.md defines a semver tag policy, but no version has been cut (0, the earlier value kept). Not versioned or declared stable (0). 10 + 15 + 18 + 0 + 0 = 43.); smolagents 64 (Local-package reading. Official PyPI package with Python 3.10 or newer (20). A public tests workflow runs pytest on Python 3.10 and 3.12 for pushes and pull requests; whether main passes wasn't read (15). 416 open issues and 1,045 open issues and pull requests on 6 November, with 144 issues opened in the 90 days to 3 November. Of the 50 newest, 26 had a comment and 1 was closed. Two 2026 CVE records say the vendor didn't respond to the reporter, and seven commits reached main from 8 August to 6 November (6). Release notes on GitHub tags but no changelog file, and the remote WasmExecutor was removed in a minor release (8). 1.0 since 31 December 2024 (15). 20+15+6+8+15 = 64.)
- Maintenance & community, smolagents +13: guilds.run 21 (No tagged release, version or dated changelog entry. Main, which the install clones and SECURITY.md names as the supported version, last changed on 3 November 2026 (1,072 of the commits since 14 October by one author), but commits with no version or tag aren't releases in this run (hyperqwen, brave-search-mcp), and CONTRIBUTING.md itself defines a release as a vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH tag, so nothing has been released (0, from 20). No releases or dated changelog entries in the 90 days from 6 August (0). Issues and pull requests per the 14 October check (eight, all closed, the three issues within an hour), not re-read on 4 November (15 of 25). No published package (0). CI on every push with a frozen pnpm lockfile, and still no Dependabot configuration in the repository (6 of 10). 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 + 6 = 21.); smolagents 34 (v1.26.0 on 29 May 2026, 161 days before this check (10). No release in the 90 days to 6 November (0). 416 open issues and 1,045 open issues and pull requests on 6 November, with 144 issues opened in the 90 days to 3 November. Of the 50 newest, 26 had a comment and 1 was closed. Two 2026 CVE records say the vendor didn't respond to the reporter, and seven commits reached main from 8 August to 6 November (6). Python only, and the package is the current one (10). CI with actions pinned to commit SHAs and Dependabot for actions (8). 10+0+6+10+8 = 34.)
- Transparency & trust, smolagents +5: guilds.run 60 (AGPL-3.0-only, OSI approved (30). No privacy policy or terms. The footer still links to both and they returned 404 on 4 November 2026. The docs say where data lives (PostgreSQL and STATE_ROOT on your host), that model keys go only to their provider, and that stored credentials are encrypted under one master key in .env (12 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices. CHANGELOG.md marks breaking changes with steps, undated, and the security register is dated (3 of 20, the earlier partial kept). Sentry is opt-in and documented on the Configure page, and the models.dev catalogue fetch and the connector registry address are documented with their switches (18 of 20). 30 + 12 + 3 + 18 = 63.); smolagents 65 (Apache-2.0 (30). The library stores nothing itself; the default model sends prompts to Hugging Face's inference providers, which the docs show (20). Breaking removals such as WasmExecutor shipped in minor releases, without a written deprecation policy (5). No telemetry, though no page states it (12). 30+20+5+12 = 67.)