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      "vendor": "HKUDS",
      "vendorUrl": "https://nanobot.wiki",
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      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "nanobot is an open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent written in Python by HKUDS. It runs as a gateway on the owner's machine and answers in a web UI, a terminal and chat apps, with tools, memory and scheduled automations.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.md",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot",
      "license": "MIT",
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "nanobot-ai"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No account with the project. The owner supplies model provider keys or an OAuth sign-in, and bot tokens or mailbox passwords for each channel, in `~/.nanobot/config.json`. The WebUI on localhost needs no password, and binding to all interfaces requires a token.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with nothing to buy from the project. The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. The optional Render deployment needs a paid Render service.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 49000,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://nanobot.wiki/docs/latest/getting-started/nanobot-overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://nanobot.wiki/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "python",
        "mit",
        "llms-txt",
        "docker",
        "alpha"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 62.4,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 446,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 48
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -6,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-02. GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m (critical, 9.3, no CVE). Web fetch did not block internal addresses, so cloud metadata and internal services could be read without authentication in versions before 0.3.0. Fixed in 0.3.0 of 25 July and published, -2. https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m",
          "2026-03-27. GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3 (CVE-2026-33654, high). A spoofed email could inject instructions through email polling with no user action, up to command execution, in 0.1.4.post5 and earlier. Fixed in 0.1.4.post6 and published, more than six months ago, -2. https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmr-2vc8-7qh3",
          "2026-03-11. GHSA-g6cf-xjwr-pm77 (CVE-2026-31977, critical, 9.0). A sender ID containing `|` passed the `allowFrom` check in versions before 0.1.4.post4. Fixed and published, more than six months ago, -1. https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories/GHSA-g6cf-xjwr-pm77",
          "2026-04-14 and 2026-05-24. GHSA-v5j3-4q66-58cf (CVE-2026-35589, high, 8.0), cross-site WebSocket hijacking of the WhatsApp bridge, fixed in 0.1.5, and GHSA-3f63-vcp3-hvqr (CVE-2026-48716, high, 8.7), file write through a WhatsApp document name. Both fixed and published, -1 together. https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/security/advisories"
        ],
        "verdict": "nanobot runs on the owner's machine under the MIT licence, with no telemetry found in its source and memory kept as files the owner can read and restore. No per-action approval step was found, and the shell sandbox and workspace restriction are off by default. Five security advisories were published between March and September 2026, all with fixes.",
        "bestFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT licence, runs on the owner's machine, and no telemetry code was found in the source at v0.3.5",
          "Long-term memory is plain files (`USER.md`, `SOUL.md`, `memory/MEMORY.md`) versioned with Git, with `/dream-log` and `/dream-restore` to inspect and roll back",
          "Chat channels deny unknown senders by default since v0.1.4.post4, with pairing codes the owner approves",
          "Email requires SPF and DKIM results from a named receiving service since v0.3.5, and mailbox access stays off until `consentGranted` is set",
          "Optional `bwrap` (Linux) and `seatbelt` (macOS) sandboxes for shell commands, and an SSRF guard on web fetches and HTTP MCP connections"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No per-action approval was found in the docs or source. The agent sends messages, runs shell commands and edits files without asking",
          "`tools.restrictToWorkspace` defaults to false and `tools.exec.sandbox` to empty. Neither sandbox restricts network access, and Windows has none",
          "Five advisories published from 11 March to 2 September 2026, two rated critical, among them an allowlist bypass and unauthenticated SSRF in web fetch",
          "SECURITY.md lists plain-text API keys in `config.json`, no rate limiting and limited security event logging as known limitations",
          "Version 0.3.5 with an Alpha classifier, 214 open issues and 614 open pull requests on 12 October 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `tools.restrictToWorkspace` to true and `tools.exec.sandbox` to `bwrap` or `seatbelt` before giving it real accounts. Both are off by default",
          "Run 0.3.0 or later. Earlier versions carry the published SSRF flaw in web fetch (GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m)",
          "Keep `allowFrom` narrow on every channel and never set `[\"*\"]` on Email, which has no pairing",
          "Write secrets as `${VAR}` references in `~/.nanobot/config.json`. Plain values are stored in clear text",
          "Use `nanobot -m \"...\"` for a one-shot run, and keep `nanobot gateway` running for channels, schedules and heartbeat"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 62.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 74,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 63,
          "transparency": 69
        },
        "provenanceScore": 27
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "python -m pip install nanobot-ai   # or: uv tool install nanobot-ai   # then: nanobot webui",
        "headless": {
          "command": "nanobot -m \"$TASK\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/nanobot"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "nanobot.wiki",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "No legal entity is named. The repository belongs to the GitHub organisation HKUDS, which a published advisory title calls the Hong Kong University Data Intelligence Lab. pyproject.toml names Xubin Ren and the nanobot contributors as authors.",
          "nanobot.wiki has no terms or privacy page linked from its home page or llms.txt, and `/.well-known/security.txt` answered with the site's not-found page on 12 October 2026.",
          "SECURITY.md in the repository asks for reports through a private GitHub advisory or by email and aims to respond within 48 hours.",
          "There is no hosted endpoint. A gateway answers on its owner's own host."
        ],
        "score": 27
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.json"
    },
    "answer": "nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "openai-dots",
      "name": "Dots",
      "vendor": "OpenAI",
      "vendorUrl": "https://chatgpt.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json",
      "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A person signs in to ChatGPT on an eligible plan and creates a dot in the mobile app, desktop app or a desktop browser. No API key or other credential for outside programs was found. Apps are reached through plugins connected to the ChatGPT account, each with its own connected account and allowed actions. Website logins go through a private form to the cloud browser outside the conversation, sessions last until sign-out or expiry, and reusing a saved login needs confirmation. A local computer is connected with Allow access and removed with Revoke access. Where tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/getting-started).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Included with ChatGPT Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found on the pages read) and Enterprise through sales. Conversations with a dot do not count towards ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in ChatGPT Work or Codex count towards those limits. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work with no figure given, extended for the first month after launch. No free tier or trial for dots was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing, checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$100 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dots docs, the admin guide or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots",
      "llmsTxt": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.messaging"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "beta",
        "chatgpt",
        "slack",
        "teams",
        "voice",
        "cloud-browser",
        "approvals",
        "paid",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 28.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 973,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 17,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 22,
          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 31
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.",
        "bestFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
        "strengths": [
          "An automatic review checks each action that could affect accounts or share information against instructions, permissions and custom rules before it runs",
          "Custom rules have four settings, from acting without asking to handing the step to the owner, and app permissions can allow reading mail without sending",
          "Proactive research uses tools that cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer, per the docs",
          "Website passwords are entered in a private form outside the conversation, and reusing a saved login needs the owner's confirmation",
          "Six docs pages with Markdown twins listed in llms.txt, and a dated release note for dots on 9 October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha",
          "No way to view or delete individual saved notes is documented. The admin guide's link to reset options lands on the section for deleting the whole dot",
          "Custom rules are described as instructions the dot tries to follow and can get wrong, and an authorised write can run without a prompt where policy allows",
          "Pro consumer accounts in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are excluded, and the plan's allowance for deeper work has no published figure",
          "No status page, service terms or privacy policy is linked from the Dots docs, and openai.com and help.openai.com refused our reader",
          "No API, MCP endpoint or other documented way for an outside program to message a dot was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision",
          "Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone",
          "Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer",
          "Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained",
          "Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 28.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 22,
          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 26
        },
        "provenanceScore": 36
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-dots"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro 100",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan, includes dots with an allowance for deeper work that has no published figure"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 200",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 500",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "chatgpt.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-11-30",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "No page we read names the legal entity or the documents that govern Dots. The docs footer links https://openai.com/policies, which answered 403 to our reader, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. OpenAI's other listings here link https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/. Neither was read today, and whether the consumer Terms of Use govern Pro accounts was not established.",
          "No status page is linked from the Dots docs, the admin guide, the pricing page or the release notes we read.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. chatgpt.com is closed to Anthropic agents by its robots.txt and openai.com answered 403 on the one page requested, so neither host's security.txt was requested.",
          "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 30 November 2022 as the registration date of chatgpt.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/robots.txt answered 200 and allows every path. help.openai.com/robots.txt allows the article paths, and four linked articles answered 403 with a JavaScript check. cdn.openai.com/robots.txt answered 404."
        ],
        "score": 36
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json"
    },
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        "b": "Platform",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "HKUDS",
        "b": "OpenAI",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
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      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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      {
        "a": "None",
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        "a": "Free",
        "b": "Paid",
        "name": "Pricing"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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      {
        "a": "MIT",
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        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
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        "a": "no document linked",
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        "name": "Terms last updated"
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        "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"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
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        "a": "",
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        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
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        "a": "",
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        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
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        "a": "49k stars",
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    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, nanobot or Dots?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "nanobot is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Dots.",
        "question": "Are nanobot and Dots open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 70 against 3",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 41",
          "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 22",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 58",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 38",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 48 against 31"
        ],
        "also": [
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model.",
        "slug": "nanobot",
        "watchFor": "No per-action approval was found in the docs or source. The agent sends messages, runs shell commands and edits files without asking"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
        "slug": "openai-dots",
        "watchFor": "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha"
      }
    ],
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      "name": "Assistant proactive"
    },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanobot.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanobot"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanobot.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanobot"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json",
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      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-nanobot.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs nanobot",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-nanobot"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots.json",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.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### nanobot (B)\n\nGood for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 3\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 41\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 22\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 58\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 48 against 31\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No per-action approval was found in the docs or source. The agent sends messages, runs shell commands and edits files without asking\n\n### Dots (F)\n\nGood for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | nanobot | Dots | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 3 | nanobot +67 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 41 | nanobot +36 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 22 | nanobot +52 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 58 | nanobot +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | nanobot +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 38 | nanobot +44 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 31 | nanobot +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.4 · B** | **28.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | nanobot | Dots |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | HKUDS | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-09 |\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 | 49k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**nanobot.** nanobot runs on the owner's machine under the MIT licence, with no telemetry found in its source and memory kept as files the owner can read and restore. No per-action approval step was found, and the shell sandbox and workspace restriction are off by default. Five security advisories were published between March and September 2026, all with fixes.\n\n**Dots.** Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### nanobot\n\n1. Set `tools.restrictToWorkspace` to true and `tools.exec.sandbox` to `bwrap` or `seatbelt` before giving it real accounts. Both are off by default\n2. Run 0.3.0 or later. Earlier versions carry the published SSRF flaw in web fetch (GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m)\n3. Keep `allowFrom` narrow on every channel and never set `[\"*\"]` on Email, which has no pairing\n4. Write secrets as `${VAR}` references in `~/.nanobot/config.json`. Plain values are stored in clear text\n5. Use `nanobot -m \"...\"` for a one-shot run, and keep `nanobot gateway` running for channels, schedules and heartbeat\n\n### Dots\n\n1. Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision\n2. Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone\n3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer\n4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained\n5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. 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