# nanobot vs Talorys > nanobot scores 62.4 (B) to Talorys's 28.9 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.md (~2,750 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-12 nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you. - nanobot: grade B, 62.4/100, rank #446 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nanobot.json - Talorys: grade F, 28.9/100, rank #976 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### nanobot (B) Good 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. Ahead on: - Reliability, 70 against 41 - Schema & documentation, 77 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 74 against 0 - Security & auth, 63 against 8 Also in its favour: - No key needed to call it Watch for: No per-action approval was found in the docs or source. The agent sends messages, runs shell commands and edits files without asking ### Talorys (F) Good for: A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them Watch for: No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | nanobot | Talorys | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 41 | nanobot +29 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 0 | nanobot +77 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 0 | nanobot +74 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 8 | nanobot +55 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 83 | Talorys +1 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 52 | Talorys +4 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.4 · B** | **28.9 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | nanobot | Talorys | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | HKUDS | Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms. | | Read-only variant documented | no | yes | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-12 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | 49k stars | 978 npm/wk | ## Verdicts **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. **Talorys.** Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent. ## Before you call either ### nanobot 1. Set `tools.restrictToWorkspace` to true and `tools.exec.sandbox` to `bwrap` or `seatbelt` before giving it real accounts. Both are off by default 2. Run 0.3.0 or later. Earlier versions carry the published SSRF flaw in web fetch (GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m) 3. Keep `allowFrom` narrow on every channel and never set `["*"]` on Email, which has no pairing 4. Write secrets as `${VAR}` references in `~/.nanobot/config.json`. Plain values are stored in clear text 5. Use `nanobot -m "..."` for a one-shot run, and keep `nanobot gateway` running for channels, schedules and heartbeat ### Talorys 1. Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions. 2. Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers. 3. Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, nanobot or Talorys? nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ### Are nanobot and Talorys open source? Yes. nanobot is open source (MIT). Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "nanobot", "b": "talorys"}`. 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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.