# Offscreen vs Sprites (slim)

> Offscreen scores 62.9 (B) to Sprites's 58.3 (C) for code sandboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Offscreen scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Sprites's 58.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Sprites leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do code sandboxes.

- Offscreen: B 62.9, rank #456 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/offscreen.min.md
- Sprites: C 58.3, rank #646 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sprites.min.md
- Offscreen, good for A coding agent working on a macOS or iOS app on the developer's own Apple silicon Mac, which needs to run UI tests, the Simulator or the built app without taking the screen. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 74 against 68; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Sprites, good for Agents that need a long-lived machine with installed tools and files kept between sessions, and rollback by checkpoint. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 67; Maintenance & community, 80 against 66.

| Category | Offscreen | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 66 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Offscreen | Sprites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Mark Phelps | Fly.io |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under the Fly.io Terms of Service. The JavaScript, Go, Python and Elixir SDKs are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-24 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 158k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |