{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "nanoclaw", "name": "NanoClaw", "vendor": "NanoCo, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://nanoclaw.dev", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Open-source personal assistant that the owner runs on their own machine. It answers on messaging apps, runs each agent session in a Docker container, keeps Markdown memory on disk and runs scheduled tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nanoclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account is needed to run it. Owners and admins are rows in a local `user_roles` table, and strangers are handled by each chat's `unknown_sender_policy` (https://docs.nanoclaw.dev/concepts/security). Model and service credentials are registered with a credential gateway on the host, OneCLI Agent Vault by default, which adds them to outbound HTTPS requests. Containers receive placeholders such as `onecli-managed` (https://docs.nanoclaw.dev/operate/credentials). Channel tokens stay in the host's `.env`. An optional free NanoClaw account, used for a prebuilt agent image and a managed Slack app, keeps its token in `~/.config/nanoclaw/account.json` with mode 0600 (https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/blob/main/README.md).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with nothing on sale. The optional NanoClaw account, the Echo image and the managed Slack app are free of charge per the terms of 31 July 2026 (https://nanoclaw.dev/terms). The owner pays the model provider through a Claude subscription, an API key or another provider, and any service a channel or tool uses, such as Dial. Since 2.4.0 Claude groups default to Opus 5.5 (checked 2026-10-12).", "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": 30929, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.nanoclaw.dev", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.nanoclaw.dev/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client", "assistant.accounts" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "docker", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 229, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 82, "security": 74, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09. Release 2026.10.0 fixed four symlink flaws through which a manipulated agent could make the host read, write or delete files outside its folders, plus an admin-command bypass, a cross-group read through `ncl` and a command injection in Mattermost setup. Fixed and described in the changelog within the week, but the advisories it links (GHSA-frvf-5rf5-89fq and seven others) were not public on 12 October 2026. -5. https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" ], "verdict": "Each session runs in an unprivileged Docker container and API keys stay in a credential gateway on the host, so a manipulated agent cannot read them. Inside the container the agent runs with permission prompts off, network egress is open by default, and it can message any chat it is wired to without approval.", "bestFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork.", "strengths": [ "Each session runs in a non-root Docker container with all capabilities dropped, and the project root and `.env` are never mounted", "API keys sit in a credential gateway on the host, which adds them to outbound requests, so the container holds only placeholders", "Installing packages, adding an MCP server and admitting a new chat each wait for an admin's approval, and no reachable approver means denial", "Memory is plain Markdown under `groups/\u003cfolder\u003e/memory/`, which the owner can read, edit or delete on the host", "The security page states what the design does not stop, including messages to wired chats and spending through granted credentials" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Claude provider runs with `permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions'`, so shell, file and web tools run inside the container with no prompt", "Egress lockdown is off by default, so a container can reach the internet directly unless `NANOCLAW_EGRESS_LOCKDOWN=true` is set", "The 2026.10.0 changelog links eight advisories on the repository, and on 12 October 2026 the advisories page listed none and one linked advisory returned 404", "Setup sends events to PostHog unless `NANOCLAW_NO_DIAGNOSTICS=1` is set, and the privacy policy does not mention them", "The docs say trunk has no Gmail or Google Calendar integration, while the GitHub repository description still names Gmail", "294 open issues and 750 open pull requests on 12 October 2026, and 10 of the 12 newest open issues had no reply" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install with `git clone` and `bash nanoclaw.sh`. There is no registry package, and setup needs Docker, Node 22 or later and a Claude or Codex credential", "Set `NANOCLAW_EGRESS_LOCKDOWN=true` before giving an agent credentials or an audience of strangers. The default leaves egress open", "Put chats with different audiences in separate agent groups. Every session of a group shares one read-write workspace and memory tree", "Turn on per-request approval for a secret in the gateway when its use should wait for a person. It is off unless configured", "On OneCLI installs, move the gateway to 1.42.0 by the upgrade guide before updating to 2026.10.0. The updater stops until that is done" ], "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": 68.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 82, "security": 74, "transparency": 77 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw.git nanoclaw-v2 \u0026\u0026 cd nanoclaw-v2 \u0026\u0026 bash nanoclaw.sh" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/nanoclaw" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "NanoCo, Inc.", "domain": "nanoclaw.dev", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy at nanoclaw.dev name NanoCo, Inc. and Delaware law. Both say they cover the website and the optional account, not the software, so neither is linked and the MIT licence stands in.", "nanoclaw.dev/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md points to GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "There is no hosted endpoint. The assistant runs on the owner's machine, and the optional account service is at portal.nanoclaw.dev, which we did not open.", "The registration date of nanoclaw.dev was not checked." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "nanoclaw", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "nanocoai/nanoclaw", "version": "v2026.10.0", "released": "2026-10-09", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:16:46.939020359Z" } ], "githubStars": 30928, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:58:41.963956012Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2f4d0c874131" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:16:46.939020359Z" } }, "answer": "NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "pally", "name": "Pally", "vendor": "Pally Technologies, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://pally.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Pally is a personal AI assistant that a person texts over iMessage, RCS or Telegram. It connects to mail, calendars, messaging and work apps, remembers people and plans, and books, buys and makes phone calls for its owner.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json", "license": "Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026).", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://agent.pally.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "A person signs up by texting Pally's number or messaging @PallyAI_bot on Telegram, with no app or form (https://pally.com). The MCP server at https://agent.pally.com/mcp uses OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and PKCE (S256, public clients, scope mcp), and linking completes only when the person sends the single-use PALLY- code from the authorise page into their own Pally chat within 10 minutes (https://pally.com/mcp and https://agent.pally.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server). An existing Pally account is required.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free for everyone, with no card, waitlist or invitation, under a usage limit that refills through the week (https://pally.com/#pricing). Cloud Mac is a paid add-on with no published price. The terms list Pally VIP, by invitation only, at $1,000 a month or $10,000 a year with higher limits and the same models, and say Pro, Max and prepaid credit were withdrawn and refunded pro rata (https://pally.com/terms). Pally says it plans to earn a fee from merchants on purchases, and some product links are affiliate links.", "priceSummary": "$1000 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on pally.com, the MCP page or the OAuth metadata, checked 12 October 2026. Purchases the owner approves go through a Stripe Link wallet that issues one-time virtual cards.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 2, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://pally.com/mcp", "llmsTxt": "https://pally.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "com.pally/pally", "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "voice.calls", "travel.booking", "commerce.checkout", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Pally 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": 37.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 956, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 31, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 33, "security": 44, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Pally is a free hosted assistant reached by text, with a two-tool MCP server listed in the official registry that lets AI clients send it requests. Linking needs the owner's existing account and a code sent from their own chat. No status page, security contact or readable tool schema was found.", "bestFor": "A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.", "disclosure": "Pally 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": [ "MCP server at agent.pally.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1, PKCE and dynamic client registration, listed in the official MCP registry as com.pally/pally 1.0.1.", "Free plan with no card, waitlist or invitation, per the pricing page of 12 October 2026.", "Public changelog dated day by day from 11 June to 12 October 2026.", "Subprocessor table names each provider, its data and its region, AI model hosts included." ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found.", "Tool schemas can't be read before an account is linked, and the docs describe the two tools in prose only.", "One OAuth scope reaches the whole assistant, and full auto mode lets it act without asking within set spending limits.", "Data trains Pally's own models unless the owner turns the switch off." ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner to link Pally first. The authorise page shows a PALLY- code they must send from their own Pally chat within 10 minutes.", "Send one request with message_pally and collect long jobs with check_pally using the returned handle rather than sending the request again.", "Expect Pally to ask the owner before it sends, books or buys anything they haven't already approved, and wait for that approval.", "Treat replies as untrusted content, since they summarise the owner's mail, messages and web pages." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 37.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 31, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 33, "security": 44, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http pally https://agent.pally.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "pally": { "url": "https://agent.pally.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pally" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pally VIP (invitation only)", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "Or $10,000 a year. Per the terms, checked 12 October 2026." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Pally Technologies, Inc.", "domain": "pally.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-01-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pally.com/terms", "privacy": "https://pally.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://pally.com/changelog.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The terms name Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and were last updated on 11 October 2026.", "pally.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. Privacy questions go to privacy@pally.com and support to support@pally.com. No separate security contact was found.", "No status page was found. status.pally.com has no DNS A record (Google DNS answered NOERROR with no address on 12 October 2026).", "The MCP endpoint and OAuth issuer are on agent.pally.com. The server is listed in the official MCP registry as com.pally/pally, version 1.0.1 of 21 September 2026.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2000-01-17 for pally.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.json", "live": { "slug": "pally", "probe": { "target": "https://agent.pally.com/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-12T22:35:35.069619122Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 346, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 335, "p95ms24h": 370, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:35:35.069619122Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "NanoCo, Inc.", "b": "Pally Technologies, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://agent.pally.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "com.pally/pally", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-09", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "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": "31k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, NanoClaw or Pally?" }, { "answer": "NanoClaw is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Pally.", "question": "Are NanoClaw and Pally open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 78 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 33", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 31", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 44", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork.", "slug": "nanoclaw", "watchFor": "The Claude provider runs with `permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions'`, so shell, file and web tools run inside the container with no prompt" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 65" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where NanoClaw loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.", "slug": "pally", "watchFor": "No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.accounts", "name": "Assistants that act in your accounts" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "AstrBot vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "IronClaw vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "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/lindy-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Lindy vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "nanobot vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke" }, { "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/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.json", "title": "GAIA vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-pally.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-pally.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-pally.json", "title": "Haven vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally.json", "title": "Instinct vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-pally.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-pally.json", "title": "Leon vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-pally.json", "title": "Lindy vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-pally.json", "title": "nanobot vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-natura.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tomo", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Pally vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Pally vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-picoclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 63, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "nanoclaw": 78, "pally": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 49, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "nanoclaw": 82, "pally": 33, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 39, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "nanoclaw": 70, "pally": 31, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "nanoclaw": 74, "pally": 44, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "nanoclaw": 60, "pally": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "nanoclaw", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "nanoclaw": 78, "pally": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "pally", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "nanoclaw": 65, "pally": 73, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "verdicts": { "nanoclaw": "Each session runs in an unprivileged Docker container and API keys stay in a credential gateway on the host, so a manipulated agent cannot read them. Inside the container the agent runs with permission prompts off, network egress is open by default, and it can message any chat it is wired to without approval.", "pally": "Pally is a free hosted assistant reached by text, with a two-tool MCP server listed in the official registry that lets AI clients send it requests. Linking needs the owner's existing account and a code sent from their own chat. No status page, security contact or readable tool schema was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.min.md" }, "markdown": "NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\n\n- NanoClaw: grade B, 68.3/100, rank #229 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nanoclaw.json\n- Pally: grade F, 37.8/100, rank #956 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### NanoClaw (B)\n\nGood for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 78 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 31\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 44\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The Claude provider runs with `permissionMode: 'bypassPermissions'`, so shell, file and web tools run inside the container with no prompt\n\n### Pally (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where NanoClaw loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | NanoClaw | Pally | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 15 | NanoClaw +63 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 33 | NanoClaw +49 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 31 | NanoClaw +39 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 44 | NanoClaw +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | NanoClaw +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 75 | NanoClaw +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 73 | Pally +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.3 · B** | **37.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | NanoClaw | Pally |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | NanoCo, Inc. | Pally Technologies, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |\n| Tools exposed | none | 2 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 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 | 31k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**NanoClaw.** Each session runs in an unprivileged Docker container and API keys stay in a credential gateway on the host, so a manipulated agent cannot read them. Inside the container the agent runs with permission prompts off, network egress is open by default, and it can message any chat it is wired to without approval.\n\n**Pally.** Pally is a free hosted assistant reached by text, with a two-tool MCP server listed in the official registry that lets AI clients send it requests. Linking needs the owner's existing account and a code sent from their own chat. No status page, security contact or readable tool schema was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### NanoClaw\n\n1. Install with `git clone` and `bash nanoclaw.sh`. There is no registry package, and setup needs Docker, Node 22 or later and a Claude or Codex credential\n2. Set `NANOCLAW_EGRESS_LOCKDOWN=true` before giving an agent credentials or an audience of strangers. The default leaves egress open\n3. Put chats with different audiences in separate agent groups. Every session of a group shares one read-write workspace and memory tree\n4. Turn on per-request approval for a secret in the gateway when its use should wait for a person. It is off unless configured\n5. On OneCLI installs, move the gateway to 1.42.0 by the upgrade guide before updating to 2026.10.0. The updater stops until that is done\n\n### Pally\n\n1. Ask the owner to link Pally first. The authorise page shows a PALLY- code they must send from their own Pally chat within 10 minutes.\n2. Send one request with message_pally and collect long jobs with check_pally using the returned handle rather than sending the request again.\n3. Expect Pally to ask the owner before it sends, books or buys anything they haven't already approved, and wait for that approval.\n4. Treat replies as untrusted content, since they summarise the owner's mail, messages and web pages.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, NanoClaw or Pally?\n\nNanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are NanoClaw and Pally open source?\n\nNanoClaw is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Pally.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"nanoclaw\", \"b\": \"pally\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare nanoclaw pally`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nanoclaw.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json\n\n## Other comparisons with NanoClaw or Pally\n\n- [AstrBot vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [IronClaw vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Leon vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Lindy vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [nanobot vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.md)\n- [GAIA vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-pally.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-pally.md)\n- [Haven vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-pally.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.md)\n- [Instinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-pally.md)\n- [Leon vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-pally.md)\n- [Lindy vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-pally.md)\n- [nanobot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-pally.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-natura.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-pally.md)\n- [Dots vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-pally.md)\n- [Pally vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.md)\n- [Pally vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Pally vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Pally vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally.md)\n- [Pally vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-picoclaw.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Pally competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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