# Harness vs OpenMausBot (slim)

> OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) to Harness's 60 (C) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Harness's 60 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Harness: C 60, rank #619 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md
- OpenMausBot: B 65.4, rank #368 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.min.md
- Harness, good for A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 82 against 77; Transparency & trust, 64 against 59.
- OpenMausBot, good for A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 35; Schema & documentation, 90 against 85; Payments & pricing, 50 against 40; Maintenance & community, 74 against 60.

| Category | Harness | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Autonomous, Inc. | Supamaus Software Private Limited |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 7 | 20 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-10-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-07 | 2026-10-18 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |