{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "hirealpha", "name": "HireAlpha", "vendor": "HireAlpha", "vendorUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "HireAlpha sells three AI personas, Friend, Coworker and Cofounder, each a separate iMessage or SMS contact with its own number and memory. They read connected Google mail and calendar and track health, work and company tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json", "license": "Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site.", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "The public API (product info, personas, waitlist sign-up) needs no authentication and is limited to 60 requests a minute per IP. The per-user API behind the web app and iMessage bots needs the user's own session token and is not open to third parties (https://hirealpha.chat/developers). People connect their own Google account (https://hirealpha.chat).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Each persona is $19 a month\", or all three for $39 a month \"when Coworker and Cofounder ship\", with a 7-day free trial. An annual single hire is $190. The FAQ also says the Friend hire costs $5 a month for the first two months (https://hirealpha.chat/faq, checked 14 October 2026). No free tier.", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on hirealpha.chat, llms.txt or the OpenAPI file, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat/developers", "llmsTxt": "https://hirealpha.chat/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://hirealpha.chat/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "calendar.read", "memory.user", "tasks.create" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "waitlist", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "HireAlpha competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 8.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1229, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 48, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 27 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "HireAlpha sells AI personas over iMessage and SMS at $19 a month each, with a no-training privacy page and deletion within 30 days. Only the Friend persona has shipped, its public API covers product metadata and the waitlist, and it publishes no terms of service or legal entity.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.", "disclosure": "HireAlpha competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "Public prices, $19 a month a persona and $190 a year for one.", "The privacy page rules out training shared models and deletes data within 30 days of account deletion.", "Drafts never send until the owner approves, per the FAQ.", "Every page answers Accept text/markdown with Markdown." ], "weaknesses": [ "No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named.", "Coworker and Cofounder haven't shipped, and the home page starts from a waitlist.", "The public API covers product metadata and waitlist sign-up only. Nothing acts for a user.", "No changelog, status page or security contact found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call a HireAlpha persona from another agent. The per-user API needs the owner's session and isn't open to third parties.", "Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP.", "Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 8.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 22 }, "provenanceScore": 32, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-14", "maintenance": "2026-10-14", "payments": "2026-10-14", "reliability": "2026-10-14", "schema": "2026-10-14", "security": "2026-10-14", "transparency": "2026-10-14" }, "last": "2026-10-14", "lastMoved": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-14", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://hirealpha.chat/api/public/info" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hirealpha" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "HireAlpha persona", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "Per persona, 7-day trial. $190 a year for one." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "hirealpha.chat", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://hirealpha.chat/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The sitemap lists /terms but it returns 404. No legal entity is named on any page read.", "hirealpha.chat/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-12 for hirealpha.chat." ], "score": 32 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.json", "live": { "slug": "hirealpha", "probe": { "target": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-31T00:27:20.22647741Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 1011, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.88, "p50ms24h": 451, "p95ms24h": 775, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 4283, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 4, "ok": 4 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 5, "ok": 5 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-19T12:25:43.18999353Z", "end": "2026-10-19T12:42:36.546624695Z", "note": "dial tcp 212.56.40.125:443: i/o timeout" } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://hirealpha.chat/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:44.299581881Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://hirealpha.chat/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:07:40.835610673Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "hirealpha.chat", "registered": "2026-08-12", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/hirealpha.chat", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:00:45.341765958Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://hirealpha.chat/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:41:17.32233451Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e0953d12e1fd" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-31T00:27:20.22647741Z" } }, "answer": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "openduet", "name": "OpenDuet", "vendor": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/openduet", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json", "repo": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet", "license": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The owner runs it from a clone. With no identity provider configured it runs as one fixed administrator with no sign-in and listens only on this machine (`OPENBOT_SINGLE_USER`, refused on a public address); configuring a provider turns sign-in on. The server will not start without `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, a project key for CopilotKit Intelligence obtained through `npx copilotkit@latest login`, which opens a browser sign-in. A model key (OpenAI by default, Anthropic optional) goes in `.env`. Gmail and Calendar need a Google OAuth client an administrator registers, then each person connects their own account. An outside agent can be registered as a Bot over AG-UI (`type: remote-ag-ui`) with an optional write-only authorisation header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The repository is free under MIT. It needs CopilotKit Intelligence, which is free on the Developer plan (no card, 1,000 interactions a month hosted, or a Developer Edition for local non-production use on a renewable 30-day licence); pay as you go is $49 a month per organisation with 10,000 interactions, then graduated rates not shown on the pricing page. Model usage is billed by the model provider (https://www.copilotkit.ai/pricing, https://docs.copilotkit.ai/intelligence/plans, checked 2026-10-30).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the OpenBot docs or the CopilotKit pricing page (checked 2026-10-30). Intelligence's paid plans are billed monthly to a card.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1618, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.messaging", "agent.mcp-client", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.read" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "typescript", "docker", "gmail", "slack", "teams", "mcp-client", "approvals", "telemetry-default-on", "pre-1.0", "free", "no-card", "new" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 962, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.", "bestFor": "A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "strengths": [ "MIT source, with everything OpenDuet-specific in one tenant folder over OpenBot's code", "One gateway evaluates policy and writes an audit row naming who started each run, exportable as CSV or OTLP", "Each Bot runs in its own container with an egress proxy that permits nothing until a policy arrives", "Payments, credential and security-setting changes are always handed to the person, and the reviewer fails closed", "Passwords go through a masked box, and stored credentials are encrypted, write-only and redacted from audit rows" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development", "The server refuses to start without a CopilotKit Intelligence key, which needs a browser sign-in", "Writes other than payments, credentials and security settings run if the LLM reviewer passes them, unless the owner turns on asking", "Runtime telemetry is on by default at 100 per cent sampling, with a documented opt-out", "The latest CI run on main failed on 28 October 2026, and outside issues from 27 to 29 October mostly have no reply" ], "agentNotes": [ "Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.", "Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.", "Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.", "To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.", "Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 67, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet.git \u0026\u0026 cd OpenDuet \u0026\u0026 cp .env.example .env \u0026\u0026 bun install \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest login \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest project select \u0026\u0026 bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts \u0026\u0026 bash scripts/start.sh" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openduet" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Tawkit, Inc. (d/b/a CopilotKit)", "domain": "copilotkit.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/blob/main/openbot/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The MIT licence reads Copyright (c) 2026 CopilotKit. CopilotKit's terms of service and privacy policy (effective 27 August 2026) name Tawkit, Inc., doing business as CopilotKit, governed by Delaware law. The Self-Service Agreement covers CopilotKit Intelligence, which OpenDuet requires.", "firstReleased is 2026-10-27, the date of CopilotKit's announcement post. The repository was created on 21 October 2026, but pull request #71 of 26 October ('remove internal material before OpenDuet goes public') shows it was not public before then, and there is no release or tag.", "The changelog is OpenBot's, vendored in `openbot/CHANGELOG.md`, with undated version sections from 0.0.1 to 0.2.0 and an Unreleased section. OpenDuet has no changelog of its own.", "https://www.copilotkit.ai/.well-known/security.txt answers 200 with the site's HTML, so no security.txt exists. Neither OpenDuet nor OpenBot has a SECURITY.md; CopilotKit's main repository has one naming security@copilotkit.ai.", "status.copilotkit.ai shows 'Copilot Cloud - API' and 'Web App' with 90-day uptime bars; it was not established that it covers Intelligence, and OpenDuet itself runs on the owner's machine.", "RDAP (Identity Digital) gives copilotkit.ai a registration date of 2023-09-28." ], "score": 67 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "HireAlpha", "b": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site.", "b": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-08-27", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1.6k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.8/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, HireAlpha or OpenDuet?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for HireAlpha. OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement).", "question": "Are HireAlpha and OpenDuet open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.", "slug": "hirealpha", "watchFor": "No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 42 against 10", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 58 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 37 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 27" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "slug": "openduet", "watchFor": "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "asaply vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Asmi vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Asmi vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet" 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Caddy vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "CowAgent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Del vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Del vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "folk vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "GAIA vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Haven vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-szn.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openduet.json", "title": "AstrBot vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Boski vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Caddy vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openduet.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openduet.json", "title": "folk vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openduet.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Haven vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "IronClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Leon vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Lindy vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet.json", "title": "nanobot vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Atticus vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Atticus vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-learnharness.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs LearnHarness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-learnharness" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet.json", "title": "LearnHarness vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-talorys.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 32, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 10, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openduet": 42, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 10, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openduet": 58, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 52, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 0, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openduet": 52, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 0, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openduet": 59, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openduet": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 2, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openduet": 37, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "openduet", "hirealpha": 27, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openduet": 68, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "hirealpha": "HireAlpha sells AI personas over iMessage and SMS at $19 a month each, with a no-training privacy page and deletion within 30 days. Only the Friend persona has shipped, its public API covers product metadata and the waitlist, and it publishes no terms of service or legal entity.", "openduet": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- HireAlpha: grade F, 8.7/100, rank #1229 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json\n- OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### HireAlpha (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named.\n\n### OpenDuet (D)\n\nGood for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 42 against 10\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 58 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 37 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 27\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | HireAlpha | OpenDuet | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 42 | OpenDuet +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 58 | OpenDuet +48 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 52 | OpenDuet +52 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 59 | OpenDuet +59 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | OpenDuet +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 37 | OpenDuet +35 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 27 | 68 | OpenDuet +41 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **8.7 · F** | **49.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | HireAlpha | OpenDuet |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | HireAlpha | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 1.6k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**HireAlpha.** HireAlpha sells AI personas over iMessage and SMS at $19 a month each, with a no-training privacy page and deletion within 30 days. Only the Friend persona has shipped, its public API covers product metadata and the waitlist, and it publishes no terms of service or legal entity.\n\n**OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### HireAlpha\n\n1. Don't plan to call a HireAlpha persona from another agent. The per-user API needs the owner's session and isn't open to third parties.\n2. Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP.\n3. Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation.\n\n### OpenDuet\n\n1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.\n2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.\n3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.\n4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.\n5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, HireAlpha or OpenDuet?\n\nOpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are HireAlpha and OpenDuet open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for HireAlpha. OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hirealpha\", \"b\": \"openduet\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hirealpha openduet`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json\n\n## Other comparisons with HireAlpha or OpenDuet\n\n- [asaply vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [asaply vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Asmi vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Asmi vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet.md)\n- [AstrBot vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Boski vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Brea vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Caddy vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [CowAgent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Del vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Del vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet.md)\n- [folk vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [GAIA vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Haven vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openduet.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openduet.md)\n- [folk vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openduet.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet.md)\n- [IronClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Leon vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Lindy vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet.md)\n- [nanobot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Dots vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Atticus vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Atticus vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet.md)\n- [DeepTutor vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [DeepTutor vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs LearnHarness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-learnharness.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys.md)\n- [LearnHarness vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Lobby vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- HireAlpha competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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