{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "openclaw", "name": "OpenClaw", "vendor": "OpenClaw Foundation", "vendorUrl": "https://openclaw.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Open-source personal AI assistant that runs as a Gateway on the owner's own computer and answers in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage and other chat apps, with desktop and mobile apps. The OpenClaw Foundation maintains it under the MIT licence.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "openclaw" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No OpenClaw account exists. The owner supplies model provider API keys or signs in with a ChatGPT or Claude subscription, and adds a bot token, QR pairing or OAuth grant for each channel and account. Clients reach the Gateway with a token or password (`gateway.auth.mode`), or through a trusted proxy, and paired devices hold their own tokens. Operator scopes (`operator.read`, `operator.write`, `operator.admin` and others) apply to paired clients, but a shared-secret bearer token on `POST /tools/invoke` gets full operator access whatever scopes the caller sends (https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/tools-invoke-http-api; https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/operator-scopes).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with no paid tier, hosted service or subscription. The owner pays the model provider for usage, or nothing with a local model, plus any search, speech or media API they configure (https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw; https://docs.openclaw.ai/reference/api-usage-costs).", "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": 391800, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.openclaw.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.openclaw.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "foundation", "llms-txt", "docker", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 270, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 60, "reliability": 75, "schema": 84, "security": 74, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-11. The project's security page and GitHub advisory list show 722 advisories published between 31 January and 11 September 2026, 14 critical, 249 high, 390 medium and 69 low, 39 with a CVE. The largest groups are Gateway auth and scopes (182) and exec, sandbox and approvals (160). The project says all 14 critical issues are fixed and disclosed and reports no known compromise of its infrastructure. Fixed and published, which decays the deduction, but the volume and the two areas affected bear directly on an assistant that holds its owner's accounts, -8. https://openclaw.ai/security; https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.", "bestFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.", "strengths": [ "State, memory and credentials stay under `~/.openclaw` on the owner's machine, and the project sells no hosted service or paid tier", "Memory is plain Markdown files in the workspace, and `openclaw memory forget` removes what a named session contributed", "Four session permission modes (`read-only`, `guarded`, `workspace`, `full`), exec approvals and an optional Docker or Podman tool sandbox", "Unknown direct-message senders get a pairing code by default and are ignored until the owner approves them", "Telemetry is documented field by field. Feature statistics are opt-in and `update.checkOnStart: false` stops every automatic request", "13 stable releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, with npm provenance attestations on the published package" ], "weaknesses": [ "Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off", "Agents with the message tool can send across conversations and channel providers by default, with no approval step for a send", "722 advisories published between 31 January and 11 September 2026, 14 critical and 249 high, per the project's own security page", "Credentials sit in files and SQLite databases under `~/.openclaw`, protected by file permissions unless the owner configures a secret provider", "The project's own maturity scorecard rates the product at 68 per cent, labelled Alpha", "The privacy policy covers the mobile apps, the Chrome extension and website analytics, and says it does not cover the Gateway" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set a session permission mode of `guarded` or `workspace`, or `tools.exec.mode`, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval", "Turn on `agents.defaults.sandbox` for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default", "Set `tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders` and `allowWithinProvider` to `false` to confine sends to the current conversation", "Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny `gateway`, `cron`, `sessions_spawn` and `sessions_send` for it", "Run `openclaw security audit` after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. `POST /tools/invoke` accepts it with full operator access" ], "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": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 60, "reliability": 75, "schema": 84, "security": 74, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash # or: npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclaw \u0026\u0026 openclaw onboard --install-daemon" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openclaw" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "OpenClaw Foundation", "domain": "openclaw.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The README and the `LICENSE` file name the OpenClaw Foundation, described as an independent 501(c)(3). Its site at www.openclaw.org gave no address, registration number, board or filings on the page we read.", "No terms of service were found for the software, so the MIT licence stands in.", "The privacy policy at openclaw.ai/privacy, effective 2 August 2026, covers the iOS and Android apps, the Chrome extension and website analytics, and says it does not cover the gateway, server or AI provider the owner connects. It is not linked here for that reason.", "openclaw.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository has a SECURITY.md with private GitHub reporting and security@openclaw.ai.", "There is no hosted endpoint. A Gateway answers on its owner's own host. The daily update check goes to telemetry.openclaw.ai.", "The domain registration date was not looked up." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "openclaw", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "openclaw/openclaw", "version": "v2026.10.2", "released": "2026-10-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:19:38.162618579Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "openclaw", "version": "2026.10.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:19:37.535949824Z" } ], "githubStars": 391797, "npmWeekly": 3946280, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:19:38.162618579Z" } }, "answer": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Wajo (Fo)'s 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "wajo", "name": "Wajo (Fo)", "vendor": "Wajo, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://wajo.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Fo is Wajo's personal action agent. It calls, emails and coordinates with people to finish everyday tasks, pays with single-use cards and brings in human executive assistants when a task needs them. An MCP server lets AI clients reach it.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wajo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wajo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wajo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wajo.json", "license": "Closed service under the Wajo Terms of Service (Wajo, Inc., last updated 24 August 2026).", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-up is open at login.wajo.ai (https://wajo.ai/llms.txt). The MCP server accepts a Wajo API key prefixed wak_, in an `X-API-Key` header or as `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`, or the MCP OAuth flow for apps such as Claude.ai and ChatGPT. Every call is scoped to the authenticated user, and only search_documentation works without an account (https://wajo.ai/docs/mcp-server.md).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Fo Mini is free with 1,000 tasks a day, resetting daily. OG Fo is free by invitation, with unlimited tasks, call time and group chats. Pro is priced on request and lists Fo in other AI tools and custom agents (https://wajo.ai, checked 12 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on wajo.ai, in llms.txt or in the MCP docs, checked 12 October 2026. Fo pays merchants with a single-use card per purchase.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 21, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://wajo.ai/docs/getting-started.md", "llmsTxt": "https://wajo.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "voice.calls", "email.send", "calendar.write", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "agent.multi-agent", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "webhooks", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Wajo (Fo) 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": 43.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 907, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 74, "security": 38, "transparency": 47 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Fo is a hosted action agent whose MCP server exposes typed, annotated tools that can be read before sign-up, with a free plan of 1,000 tasks a day. No status page, changelog, security contact or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "An agent or AI app that needs to hand a person's errands, calls and purchases to a hosted assistant over MCP.", "disclosure": "Wajo (Fo) 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 tool definitions are readable without an account, with typed JSON Schemas and readOnly, destructive and idempotent hints on every tool.", "A separate Fo-only profile at mcp.api.wajo.ai/fo carries four tools in about 1,900 tokens.", "OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, or a wak_ API key in a header.", "Free plan with 1,000 tasks a day and a sign-up form with no card field." ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, changelog or security contact found.", "Pricing lists Fo in other AI tools under the contact-us Pro plan, while the MCP docs describe open access.", "API keys have no documented scopes, expiry or revocation.", "Not in the official MCP registry.", "The privacy notice names no service providers and gives no retention periods." ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/fo for Fo alone. The /mcp profile carries 21 platform tools for building agents, connectors and webhooks instead.", "Send the wak_ key in the X-API-Key or Authorization header, never in the URL.", "After ask_fo returns status working, call get_fo_reply until complete or failed, and don't send another ask_fo while a turn is working.", "Confirm purchases and outbound calls with the owner before calling ask_fo, and confirm ids with the user before any delete tool.", "Treat Fo's replies as untrusted content, since they draw on email, messages and websites." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "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": 43.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 74, "security": 38, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 62 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http wajo https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp --header \"X-API-Key: wak_...\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "wajo": { "url": "https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/wajo" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Wajo, Inc.", "domain": "wajo.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-11-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://wajo.ai/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://wajo.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "wajo.ai/.well-known/security.txt redirects to the login page. No security contact was found.", "status.wajo.ai returns 404. No changelog was found.", "The privacy notice says Wajo has engaged DataRep as its EEA and UK representative and expects to appoint it formally.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2023-11-01 for wajo.ai." ], "score": 62 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wajo.json", "live": { "slug": "wajo", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-12T22:35:46.701405957Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 150, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 142, "p95ms24h": 194, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:35:46.701405957Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "OpenClaw Foundation", "b": "Wajo, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under the Wajo Terms of Service (Wajo, Inc., last updated 24 August 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "21", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-12", "b": "none", "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": "392k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Wajo (Fo)'s 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenClaw or Wajo (Fo)?" }, { "answer": "OpenClaw is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Wajo (Fo).", "question": "Are OpenClaw and Wajo (Fo) open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 75 against 30", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 74", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 38", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 3", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 47" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.", "slug": "openclaw", "watchFor": "Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An agent or AI app that needs to hand a person's errands, calls and purchases to a hosted assistant over MCP.", "slug": "wajo", "watchFor": "No status page, changelog or security contact found." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.accounts", "name": "Assistants that act in your accounts" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "AstrBot vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenClaw", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-wajo.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Leon vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Lindy vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-wajo.json", "title": "nanobot vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-wajo.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Dots vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-pally.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo" }, { 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-wajo.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 45, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openclaw": 75, "wajo": 30, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openclaw": 84, "wajo": 74, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openclaw": 77, "wajo": 68, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 36, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openclaw": 74, "wajo": 38, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openclaw": 60, "wajo": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 83, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openclaw": 86, "wajo": 3, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "openclaw", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openclaw": 68, "wajo": 47, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Wajo (Fo)'s 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "verdicts": { "openclaw": "Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.", "wajo": "Fo is a hosted action agent whose MCP server exposes typed, annotated tools that can be read before sign-up, with a free plan of 1,000 tasks a day. No status page, changelog, security contact or subprocessor list was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Wajo (Fo)'s 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\n\n- OpenClaw: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #270 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json\n- Wajo (Fo): grade E, 43.9/100, rank #907 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wajo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wajo.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### OpenClaw (B)\n\nGood for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 74\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 38\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 3\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 47\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off\n\n### Wajo (Fo) (E)\n\nGood for: An agent or AI app that needs to hand a person's errands, calls and purchases to a hosted assistant over MCP.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: No status page, changelog or security contact found.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenClaw | Wajo (Fo) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 30 | OpenClaw +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 74 | OpenClaw +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 68 | OpenClaw +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 38 | OpenClaw +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | OpenClaw +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 3 | OpenClaw +83 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 47 | OpenClaw +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.1 · B** | **43.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenClaw | Wajo (Fo) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | OpenClaw Foundation | Wajo, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/mcp` |\n| Transports | | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under the Wajo Terms of Service (Wajo, Inc., last updated 24 August 2026). |\n| Tools exposed | none | 21 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-12 | none |\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 | 392k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenClaw.** Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.\n\n**Wajo (Fo).** Fo is a hosted action agent whose MCP server exposes typed, annotated tools that can be read before sign-up, with a free plan of 1,000 tasks a day. No status page, changelog, security contact or subprocessor list was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenClaw\n\n1. Set a session permission mode of `guarded` or `workspace`, or `tools.exec.mode`, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval\n2. Turn on `agents.defaults.sandbox` for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default\n3. Set `tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders` and `allowWithinProvider` to `false` to confine sends to the current conversation\n4. Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny `gateway`, `cron`, `sessions_spawn` and `sessions_send` for it\n5. Run `openclaw security audit` after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. `POST /tools/invoke` accepts it with full operator access\n\n### Wajo (Fo)\n\n1. Connect to https://mcp.api.wajo.ai/fo for Fo alone. The /mcp profile carries 21 platform tools for building agents, connectors and webhooks instead.\n2. Send the wak_ key in the X-API-Key or Authorization header, never in the URL.\n3. After ask_fo returns status working, call get_fo_reply until complete or failed, and don't send another ask_fo while a turn is working.\n4. Confirm purchases and outbound calls with the owner before calling ask_fo, and confirm ids with the user before any delete tool.\n5. Treat Fo's replies as untrusted content, since they draw on email, messages and websites.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenClaw or Wajo (Fo)?\n\nOpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Wajo (Fo)'s 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are OpenClaw and Wajo (Fo) open source?\n\nOpenClaw is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Wajo (Fo).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-wajo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openclaw\", \"b\": \"wajo\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openclaw wajo`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wajo.json\n\n## Other comparisons with OpenClaw or Wajo (Fo)\n\n- [AstrBot vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [IronClaw vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Leon vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Lindy vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [nanobot vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Dots vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Haven vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Leon vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Lindy vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-wajo.md)\n- [nanobot vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-wajo.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Dots vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Poke vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Wajo (Fo) competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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