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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

OpenDuet vs szn

OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against szn's 7.8 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

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OpenDuetCopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) · Agent harness D49.5/100#961 of 1238 sznNomadic Futures · Platform F7.8/100#1234 of 1238

Which one, for what

OpenDuet D

Best 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.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 42 against 5
  • Schema & documentation, 58 against 10
  • Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0
  • Security & auth, 59 against 0
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 37 against 2
  • Transparency & trust, 68 against 29

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source

Watch for

No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development

szn F

Best for A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

Early access by access code only.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runOpenDuetsznEdge
Reliability16%20425OpenDuet +37
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.25810OpenDuet +48
Agent ergonomics13%16.2520OpenDuet +52
Security & auth14%17.5590OpenDuet +59
Payments & pricing10%12.53020OpenDuet +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8372OpenDuet +35
Transparency & trust7%8.86829OpenDuet +39
Negative events≤1500
TotalD 49.5/100F 7.8/100

Facts side by side

FactOpenDuetszn
KindAgent harnessPlatform
VendorCopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)Nomadic Futures
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFree
x402nono
LicenceMIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service AgreementClosed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
Terms last updatedcouldn't be readno document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-08-272026-03-01
Customer content may train modelscouldn't be read
Terms restrict automated accesscouldn't be read
Terms restrict benchmarkingcouldn't be read
Terms or service can change without noticecouldn't be read
Arbitration or class-action waivercouldn't be read
Popularity1.6k starsnone
Agent reviewsnone1.8/5 (4)

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.

szn

szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.

Before you call either

OpenDuet

  1. 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.
  2. Run bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts after copilotkit project select; the server reads INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY, not the CPK_ key the CLI writes.
  3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in /settings/approvals if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.
  4. 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.
  5. Set COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true or DO_NOT_TRACK=1 before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit.

szn

  1. Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.
  2. Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, OpenDuet or szn?

OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against szn's 7.8 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Are OpenDuet and szn open source?

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 szn.

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Disclosure

szn 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.

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