{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "openduet", "name": "OpenDuet", "vendor": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/openduet", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json", "repo": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet", "license": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The owner runs it from a clone. With no identity provider configured it runs as one fixed administrator with no sign-in and listens only on this machine (`OPENBOT_SINGLE_USER`, refused on a public address); configuring a provider turns sign-in on. The server will not start without `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, a project key for CopilotKit Intelligence obtained through `npx copilotkit@latest login`, which opens a browser sign-in. A model key (OpenAI by default, Anthropic optional) goes in `.env`. Gmail and Calendar need a Google OAuth client an administrator registers, then each person connects their own account. An outside agent can be registered as a Bot over AG-UI (`type: remote-ag-ui`) with an optional write-only authorisation header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The repository is free under MIT. It needs CopilotKit Intelligence, which is free on the Developer plan (no card, 1,000 interactions a month hosted, or a Developer Edition for local non-production use on a renewable 30-day licence); pay as you go is $49 a month per organisation with 10,000 interactions, then graduated rates not shown on the pricing page. Model usage is billed by the model provider (https://www.copilotkit.ai/pricing, https://docs.copilotkit.ai/intelligence/plans, checked 2026-10-30).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the OpenBot docs or the CopilotKit pricing page (checked 2026-10-30). Intelligence's paid plans are billed monthly to a card.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1618, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.messaging", "agent.mcp-client", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.read" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "typescript", "docker", "gmail", "slack", "teams", "mcp-client", "approvals", "telemetry-default-on", "pre-1.0", "free", "no-card", "new" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 962, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.", "bestFor": "A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "strengths": [ "MIT source, with everything OpenDuet-specific in one tenant folder over OpenBot's code", "One gateway evaluates policy and writes an audit row naming who started each run, exportable as CSV or OTLP", "Each Bot runs in its own container with an egress proxy that permits nothing until a policy arrives", "Payments, credential and security-setting changes are always handed to the person, and the reviewer fails closed", "Passwords go through a masked box, and stored credentials are encrypted, write-only and redacted from audit rows" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development", "The server refuses to start without a CopilotKit Intelligence key, which needs a browser sign-in", "Writes other than payments, credentials and security settings run if the LLM reviewer passes them, unless the owner turns on asking", "Runtime telemetry is on by default at 100 per cent sampling, with a documented opt-out", "The latest CI run on main failed on 28 October 2026, and outside issues from 27 to 29 October mostly have no reply" ], "agentNotes": [ "Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.", "Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.", "Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.", "To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.", "Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 67, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet.git \u0026\u0026 cd OpenDuet \u0026\u0026 cp .env.example .env \u0026\u0026 bun install \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest login \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest project select \u0026\u0026 bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts \u0026\u0026 bash scripts/start.sh" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openduet" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Tawkit, Inc. (d/b/a CopilotKit)", "domain": "copilotkit.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/blob/main/openbot/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The MIT licence reads Copyright (c) 2026 CopilotKit. CopilotKit's terms of service and privacy policy (effective 27 August 2026) name Tawkit, Inc., doing business as CopilotKit, governed by Delaware law. The Self-Service Agreement covers CopilotKit Intelligence, which OpenDuet requires.", "firstReleased is 2026-10-27, the date of CopilotKit's announcement post. The repository was created on 21 October 2026, but pull request #71 of 26 October ('remove internal material before OpenDuet goes public') shows it was not public before then, and there is no release or tag.", "The changelog is OpenBot's, vendored in `openbot/CHANGELOG.md`, with undated version sections from 0.0.1 to 0.2.0 and an Unreleased section. OpenDuet has no changelog of its own.", "https://www.copilotkit.ai/.well-known/security.txt answers 200 with the site's HTML, so no security.txt exists. Neither OpenDuet nor OpenBot has a SECURITY.md; CopilotKit's main repository has one naming security@copilotkit.ai.", "status.copilotkit.ai shows 'Copilot Cloud - API' and 'Web App' with 90-day uptime bars; it was not established that it covers Intelligence, and OpenDuet itself runs on the owner's machine.", "RDAP (Identity Digital) gives copilotkit.ai a registration date of 2023-09-28." ], "score": 67 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.json" }, "answer": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "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": 37.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1138, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 23, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 31, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 33, "security": 44, "transparency": 72 }, "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": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 37.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 31, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 33, "security": 44, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 78, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-12", "maintenance": "2026-10-12", "payments": "2026-10-12", "reliability": "2026-10-12", "schema": "2026-10-12", "security": "2026-10-12", "transparency": "2026-10-12" }, "last": "2026-10-12", "lastMoved": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-12", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": 78 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.json", "live": { "slug": "pally", "probe": { "target": "https://agent.pally.com/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-31T00:27:29.554322225Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 337, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 347, "p95ms24h": 440, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 4560, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 5, "ok": 5 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.pally/pally", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:54:40.546478788Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://pally.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:13.52605045Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://pally.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:08:24.136442181Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "pally.com", "registered": "2000-01-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/pally.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:51:17.647442577Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://pally.com/changelog.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:45:03.06480223Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:45:03.06480223Z", "fingerprint": "2bcea71cd9de" }, { "url": "https://pally.com/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:45:00.610762497Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-29T05:12:17.792799091Z", "fingerprint": "0cbfb07dc920" }, { "url": "https://pally.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:45:04.791242499Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-29T05:12:21.84870496Z", "fingerprint": "05f11809eda1" }, { "url": "https://pally.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:45:06.813907626Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-29T05:12:23.996934889Z", "fingerprint": "cd1b2a79b7dc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-31T00:27:29.554322225Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, 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": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "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": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "com.pally/pally", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-10-27", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-27", "b": "2026-10-30", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.6k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenDuet or Pally?" }, { "answer": "OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement). No open-source release is listed for Pally.", "question": "Are OpenDuet and Pally open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 42 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 58 against 33", "Agent ergonomics, 52 against 31", "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 44" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "slug": "openduet", "watchFor": "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 37" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "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/asaply-vs-openduet.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally.json", "title": "asaply vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Asmi vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-pally.json", "title": "Asmi vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-pally" }, { "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/boba-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.json", "title": "Boba vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally.json", "title": "Boski vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Brea vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally.json", "title": "Brea vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Del vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.json", "title": "Del vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Orchid", "url": 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"json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Haven vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "IronClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Leon vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Lindy vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet.json", "title": "nanobot vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Atticus vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally.json", "title": "Atticus vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-pally.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-pally.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet.json", "title": "LearnHarness vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-pally.json", "title": "LearnHarness vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-talorys.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-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/caddy-app-vs-pally.json", "title": "Caddy vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally" }, { "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/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.json", "title": "folk vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-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/lobby-os-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.json", "title": "Lobby vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-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-pally.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-pally.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally.json", "title": "Dots vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally" }, { "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/openduet-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo.json", "title": "OpenDuet vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.json", "title": "Pally vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Pally vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.json", "title": "Pally vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Pally vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Pally vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.json", "title": "Pally vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Pally vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Pally vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Pally vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Pally vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 27, "edge": "openduet", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openduet": 42, "pally": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "openduet", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openduet": 58, "pally": 33, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "openduet", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openduet": 52, "pally": 31, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "openduet", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openduet": 59, "pally": 44, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openduet": 30, "pally": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "pally", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openduet": 37, "pally": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "pally", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openduet": 68, "pally": 72, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "openduet": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.", "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/openduet-vs-pally", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\n\n- OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json\n- Pally: grade F, 37.7/100, rank #1138 of 1239. 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 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenDuet (D)\n\nGood for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 42 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 58 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 52 against 31\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development\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- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 37\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenDuet | Pally | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 15 | OpenDuet +27 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 33 | OpenDuet +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 31 | OpenDuet +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 44 | OpenDuet +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 75 | Pally +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 72 | Pally +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **37.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenDuet | Pally |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) | Pally Technologies, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement | 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 | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-27 | 2026-10-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 1.6k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.\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### OpenDuet\n\n1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.\n2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.\n3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.\n4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.\n5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit.\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, OpenDuet or Pally?\n\nOpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are OpenDuet and Pally open source?\n\nOpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement). No open-source release is listed for Pally.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-pally.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openduet\", \"b\": \"pally\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openduet pally`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json\n\n## Other comparisons with OpenDuet or Pally\n\n- [asaply vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet.md)\n- [asaply vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally.md)\n- [Asmi vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Asmi vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-pally.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Boba vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boski vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Brea vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally.md)\n- [Del vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Del vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openduet.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orbits vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md)\n- [Pally vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [AstrBot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openduet.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openduet.md)\n- [folk vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openduet.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Instinct vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openduet.md)\n- [IronClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Leon vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Lindy vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openduet.md)\n- [nanobot vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openduet.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Dots vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openduet.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Atticus vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Atticus vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-pally.md)\n- [DeepTutor vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet.md)\n- [DeepTutor vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-pally.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-pally.md)\n- [LearnHarness vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openduet.md)\n- [LearnHarness vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Caddy vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.md)\n- [folk vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-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- [Lobby vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Lobby vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.md)\n- [nanobot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-pally.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openduet.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- [OpenDuet vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenDuet vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-wajo.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 szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.md)\n- [Pally vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.md)\n- [Pally vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.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\n## Disclosure\n\n- Pally competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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