# OpenMausBot vs Mirror CLI

> OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) to Mirror CLI's 54.1 (C) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-30

OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments & pricing. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- OpenMausBot: grade B, 65.4/100, rank #368 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json
- Mirror CLI: grade C, 54.1/100, rank #828 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reflection-mirror.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json
- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md
- All 875 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md

## Which one, for what

### OpenMausBot (B)

Good for: A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 60 against 37
- Schema & documentation, 90 against 65
- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 58
- Maintenance & community, 74 against 47

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card

### Mirror CLI (C)

Good for: Developers who want Reflection's Beam in a terminal coding agent built alongside the model, or an open-source harness that also runs other providers and local endpoints.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50

Watch for: Version 0.1.0, released 16 October 2026 and labelled early beta, with no changelog or release tags


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | OpenMausBot | Mirror CLI | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 60 | 37 | OpenMausBot +23 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 65 | OpenMausBot +25 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 58 | OpenMausBot +19 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 58 | OpenMausBot +1 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | Mirror CLI +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 47 | OpenMausBot +27 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 57 | OpenMausBot +2 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **65.4 · B** | **54.1 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | OpenMausBot | Mirror CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Supamaus Software Private Limited | Reflection |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 20 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-10 | 2026-10-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-18 | 2026-08-28 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**OpenMausBot.** A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.

**Mirror CLI.** Mirror CLI is Apache-2.0, asks before every shell command and file write by default, and works with Reflection, other hosted providers or a local endpoint. It is a one-day-old 0.1.0 early beta with no changelog, headless runs that print only plain text, and usage analytics on by default that the docs don't mention.

## Before you call either

### OpenMausBot

1. Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings > Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`
2. Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt
3. Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting
4. Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed
5. Ask the owner to switch off Settings > General > Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine

### Mirror CLI

1. Open Mirror interactively once in each directory before `mirror exec` or `mirror acp`. Both refuse to run until the usage and folder notices are accepted
2. Pass `--approval-mode auto` to `mirror exec` only inside a container or VM. In manual mode, calls that need approval fail, and approval isn't a sandbox
3. Set `--max-iterations` on unattended runs. Turns are unlimited by default
4. Check the result with your own tests. `exec` returns 0 whenever it prints an answer
5. Never share logs recorded with `--log-level debug`. The docs say they contain request headers with the API key

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, OpenMausBot or Mirror CLI?

OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Mirror CLI's 54.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Mirror CLI leads on payments & pricing.

### Are OpenMausBot and Mirror CLI open source?

Yes. OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0). Mirror CLI is open source (Apache-2.0).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-reflection-mirror.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-reflection-mirror.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "openmausbot", "b": "reflection-mirror"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openmausbot reflection-mirror`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/reflection-mirror.json

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