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The web app and the Socket.IO and HTTP interfaces accept any client unless `client_interface.auth.enabled` is set, after which a `\u003cprofile\u003e:\u003ctoken\u003e` credential from `LEON_PROFILE_TOKEN` is required. Model provider keys go in the profile `.env`. Connected apps use OAuth or a pasted token.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The project takes sponsorship. Model usage is billed by the provider the owner picks, or costs nothing with a local llama.cpp model.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the context documents or the source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 17568, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/leon-ai/leon/blob/develop/README.md", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.memory", "assistant.accounts" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "typescript", "beta", "telemetry-default-on" ], "lastRelease": "2023-05-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 41, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 934, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 60, "reliability": 32, "schema": 33, "security": 34, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Connected-app credentials are encrypted per profile and the Gmail connection is read-only. The 2.0 Developer Preview has no tagged release, runs tools and a 30-minute proactive pulse with no approval step, listens on every network interface with client authentication off, and sends telemetry by default.", "bestFor": "A developer who wants a self-hosted assistant with memory, computer use and a local model, and who will read the source.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, with the whole server, web app, tools and skills in one public repository", "Connected-app credentials are stored per profile with AES-256-GCM, and the Gmail connection asks only for the `gmail.readonly` scope", "Runs with a local llama.cpp model or any of 11 hosted providers, so the owner chooses which company sees the content", "Tool allow and disable lists, a configurable iteration limit (256 by default) and per-profile tool-call logs", "At least 200 commits between 25 September and 12 October 2026, with a fresh-install check passing on develop three times a week" ], "weaknesses": [ "No tagged release of the core since 1.0.0-beta.8 on 1 May 2023. The 2.0 Developer Preview is installed by cloning the develop branch", "No approval step before a tool call. Shell commands pass a blocklist of patterns, and the proactive pulse is on by default and runs one task every 30 minutes", "The server listens on 0.0.0.0 and client authentication is off in the sample config", "Telemetry is on in the sample config and posts an instance ID, versions and hardware details to telemetry.getleon.ai. The README and the docs pages read do not describe it", "No `SECURITY.md`, security.txt, privacy policy or 2.0 documentation, and no messaging-app channel or MCP client on the develop branch" ], "agentNotes": [ "Clone the develop branch for 2.0. `npm install --global @leon-ai/cli` and docs.getleon.ai install and describe the legacy 1.0 betas", "Set `client_interface.auth.enabled: true` and a `LEON_PROFILE_TOKEN` before the machine joins a shared network. The server binds 0.0.0.0", "Set `telemetry_enabled: false` and `runtime.pulse_enabled: false` in the profile `config.yml` for an unattended or private run", "Use `availability.tools.allowed` to limit tools. Shell, file writes, computer use and browser control are otherwise available to the agent with no approval prompt", "Back up `LEON_CONNECTIONS_ENCRYPTION_KEY` from the profile `.env`. Without it the stored connections cannot be read" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 41 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 60, "reliability": 32, "schema": 33, "security": 34, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/leon-ai/leon.git \u0026\u0026 cd leon \u0026\u0026 npm install --global pnpm@latest \u0026\u0026 pnpm install \u0026\u0026 pnpm start" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/leon" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "No legal entity found. Copyright Louis Grenard", "domain": "getleon.ai", "domainRegistered": "2018-02-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/leon-ai/leon/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "`LICENSE.md` and the footer of getleon.ai read Copyright 2019 to present Louis Grenard. No company or foundation is named on the pages read.", "No terms of service or privacy policy was found on getleon.ai, docs.getleon.ai or in the repository, so no link is given and the MIT licence stands in.", "getleon.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the repository has no `SECURITY.md`. The GitHub API lists no published security advisory.", "RDAP for getleon.ai gives a registration date of 2018-02-16.", "The assistant answers on the owner's own host. The only vendor endpoint the source names is telemetry.getleon.ai, which receives telemetry.", "`CHANGELOG.md` ends at 1.0.0-beta.8 of 1 May 2023. Changes to the 2.0 Developer Preview are recorded only as commits." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.json" }, "answer": "QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Leon's 41 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "qwenpaw", "name": "QwenPaw", "vendor": "AgentScope", "vendorUrl": "https://qwenpaw.agentscope.io", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Open-source personal assistant from the AgentScope team that the owner runs on their own machine or server. It answers on chat apps, runs scheduled and proactive tasks, manages a mailbox over IMAP and SMTP, and keeps memory as Markdown files.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "qwenpaw" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "agentscope/qwenpaw" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account. The Console and API bind to 127.0.0.1:8088 with login off by default. `QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true` adds one admin account with a salted SHA-256 password hash and a signed token valid for seven days, and requests from localhost skip it. Each channel takes its own bot credentials, and the mailbox takes an IMAP and SMTP authorisation code or app password.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy. Model usage is billed by whichever provider the owner configures, and local models through llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio need no key. The README describes a hosted deployment on AgentScope Platform as free. That platform's pages are script-drawn and its terms and limits were not read (checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs source or the dependency list (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 35621, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://qwenpaw.agentscope.io/docs", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "python", "docker", "desktop-app", "mcp", "telemetry-default-on" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 454, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 68, "security": 60, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-11. Version 2.2.1 began enforcing each MCP server's tool allowlist on the agent runtime path (commit f2a292d of 4 September, #7504). Before it, a tool the owner had disabled on an MCP client could still be invoked by the agent. Fixed and listed in the release notes, with no security advisory, -2. https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/pull/7504", "2026-09-03. Version 2.2.0 blocked shell line-continuation variants that bypassed sensitive-path protections (#7472). Fixed and listed in the release notes, with no security advisory, -1. https://github.com/agentscope-ai/QwenPaw/blob/main/website/public/release-notes/v2.2.0.md" ], "verdict": "Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published.", "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice.", "strengths": [ "New mail driver cards default to the `ask` policy, and automatic mail handling may not call `delete_message` or write to unknown recipients", "Kernel sandbox on macOS, Linux and Windows, with a documented list of constraints each backend does not enforce", "Model keys, mail credentials and environment secrets are encrypted with a master key held in the OS keychain or a 0600 file", "Memory is plain Markdown in the agent workspace that the owner can read, edit and remove", "Four stable releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, each with dated release notes" ], "weaknesses": [ "Usage data is on by default, `qwenpaw init --defaults` accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs", "The default approval level AUTO asks only for tool calls a guard rule flags, and `/proactive` skips approval prompts entirely", "Channel direct-message and group policies default to `open`, and Console login is off by default", "No privacy policy, terms of service or security.txt on qwenpaw.agentscope.io, and no published GitHub security advisory", "Inside containers the sandbox falls back to `mode=none`, which the docs say enforces no isolation", "671 open issues and 381 open pull requests on 12 October 2026, and the Tests workflow on main had not completed a run since 30 September" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` before `qwenpaw init --defaults` or `qwenpaw app`. Both send usage data without asking", "Set `approval_level` to `STRICT` or `SMART` in `agent.json`. The default `AUTO` runs every tool call no guard rule flags", "Set `dm_policy` and `group_policy` to `allowlist` with `allow_from` on each channel. Both default to `open`", "Set `QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true` before binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then", "Keep mail tools on `ask` for `send_message`, `delete_message` and `delete_thread`, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 68, "security": 60, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install qwenpaw \u0026\u0026 qwenpaw init --defaults \u0026\u0026 qwenpaw app # Python 3.11 to 3.13; or: docker pull agentscope/qwenpaw:latest", "http": "curl -X POST http://localhost:8088/api/console/chat -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"X-Agent-Id: default\" -d '{\"input\": [...]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/qwenpaw" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Qwenpaw PRIVATE LIMITED", "domain": "agentscope.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://qwenpaw.agentscope.io/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The site footer in the repository's website source reads © 2026 Qwenpaw PRIVATE LIMITED. The LICENSE file names The QwenPaw Authors, and the README credits the AgentScope team.", "SECURITY.md sends vulnerability reports to the Alibaba Security Response Centre. We found no other first-hand statement of ownership by Alibaba.", "The site links a Usage Policy dated 26 August 2026 and no terms of service or privacy policy, so both links are left out and the Apache-2.0 licence stands in.", "qwenpaw.agentscope.io answered 404 for robots.txt, llms.txt and /.well-known/security.txt on 12 October 2026.", "No hosted endpoint is graded. A self-hosted instance answers on its owner's own host. We did not look up the domain's registration date." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Louis Grenard (Leon AI)", "b": "AgentScope", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2023-05-01", "b": "2026-09-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "18k stars", "b": "36k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Leon's 41 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Leon or QwenPaw?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Leon is open source (MIT). QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Leon and QwenPaw open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A developer who wants a self-hosted assistant with memory, computer use and a local model, and who will read the source.", "slug": "leon", "watchFor": "No tagged release of the core since 1.0.0-beta.8 on 1 May 2023. The 2.0 Developer Preview is installed by cloning the develop branch" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 32", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 68 against 33", "Agent ergonomics, 67 against 57", "Security \u0026 auth, 60 against 34", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 15" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice.", "slug": "qwenpaw", "watchFor": "Usage data is on by default, `qwenpaw init --defaults` accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Assistant proactive" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-leon.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "AstrBot vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.json", "title": "GAIA vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-leon.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-leon.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-leon.json", "title": "Haven vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Haven vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-leon.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon.json", "title": "Instinct vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-leon.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "IronClaw vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Leon vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Leon vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Leon vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Leon vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Leon vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Leon vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.json", "title": "Leon vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Leon vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Leon vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Lindy vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "nanobot vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Dots vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Poke vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zo-computer" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 38, "edge": "qwenpaw", "key": "reliability", "leon": 32, "name": "Reliability", "qwenpaw": 70, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "qwenpaw", "key": "schema", "leon": 33, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "qwenpaw": 68, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "qwenpaw", "key": "ergonomics", "leon": 57, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "qwenpaw": 67, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "qwenpaw", "key": "security", "leon": 34, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "qwenpaw": 60, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "leon": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "qwenpaw": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 58, "edge": "qwenpaw", "key": "maintenance", "leon": 15, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "qwenpaw": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "leon", "key": "transparency", "leon": 60, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "qwenpaw": 56, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Leon's 41 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.", "verdicts": { "leon": "Connected-app credentials are encrypted per profile and the Gmail connection is read-only. The 2.0 Developer Preview has no tagged release, runs tools and a 30-minute proactive pulse with no approval step, listens on every network interface with client authentication off, and sends telemetry by default.", "qwenpaw": "Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.min.md" }, "markdown": "QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Leon's 41 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.\n\n- Leon: grade E, 41/100, rank #934 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leon.json\n- QwenPaw: grade B, 62.2/100, rank #454 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Leon (E)\n\nGood for: A developer who wants a self-hosted assistant with memory, computer use and a local model, and who will read the source.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No tagged release of the core since 1.0.0-beta.8 on 1 May 2023. The 2.0 Developer Preview is installed by cloning the develop branch\n\n### QwenPaw (B)\n\nGood for: One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 32\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 68 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 57\n- Security \u0026 auth, 60 against 34\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 15\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Usage data is on by default, `qwenpaw init --defaults` accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Leon | QwenPaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 32 | 70 | QwenPaw +38 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 68 | QwenPaw +35 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 67 | QwenPaw +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 34 | 60 | QwenPaw +26 |\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) | 15 | 73 | QwenPaw +58 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 56 | Leon +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **41 · E** | **62.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Leon | QwenPaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Louis Grenard (Leon AI) | AgentScope |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2023-05-01 | 2026-09-11 |\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 | 18k stars | 36k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Leon.** Connected-app credentials are encrypted per profile and the Gmail connection is read-only. The 2.0 Developer Preview has no tagged release, runs tools and a 30-minute proactive pulse with no approval step, listens on every network interface with client authentication off, and sends telemetry by default.\n\n**QwenPaw.** Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Leon\n\n1. Clone the develop branch for 2.0. `npm install --global @leon-ai/cli` and docs.getleon.ai install and describe the legacy 1.0 betas\n2. Set `client_interface.auth.enabled: true` and a `LEON_PROFILE_TOKEN` before the machine joins a shared network. The server binds 0.0.0.0\n3. Set `telemetry_enabled: false` and `runtime.pulse_enabled: false` in the profile `config.yml` for an unattended or private run\n4. Use `availability.tools.allowed` to limit tools. Shell, file writes, computer use and browser control are otherwise available to the agent with no approval prompt\n5. Back up `LEON_CONNECTIONS_ENCRYPTION_KEY` from the profile `.env`. Without it the stored connections cannot be read\n\n### QwenPaw\n\n1. Set `QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` before `qwenpaw init --defaults` or `qwenpaw app`. Both send usage data without asking\n2. Set `approval_level` to `STRICT` or `SMART` in `agent.json`. The default `AUTO` runs every tool call no guard rule flags\n3. Set `dm_policy` and `group_policy` to `allowlist` with `allow_from` on each channel. Both default to `open`\n4. Set `QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true` before binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then\n5. Keep mail tools on `ask` for `send_message`, `delete_message` and `delete_thread`, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Leon or QwenPaw?\n\nQwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Leon's 41 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Leon and QwenPaw open source?\n\nYes. Leon is open source (MIT). QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"leon\", \"b\": \"qwenpaw\"}`. 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