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Head to head · Multi-agent orchestration · October 2026 research run

OpenMausBot vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)

OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)'s 59.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

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OpenMausBotSupamaus Software Private Limited · Agent harness B65.4/100#368 of 1238 Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)Warp · Agent harness C59.6/100#634 of 1238

Which one, for what

OpenMausBot B

Best 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 52
  • Agent ergonomics, 77 against 66
  • Security & auth, 59 against 52
  • Payments & pricing, 50 against 20

Also in its favour

  • Runs on your own machine
  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

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

Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) C

Best for Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 84 against 74
  • Transparency & trust, 69 against 59

Watch for

The warp CLI has no print or headless mode. Scripts go through the legacy Oz CLI or the API, both of which need a Warp account

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runOpenMausBotWarp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)Edge
Reliability16%206052OpenMausBot +8
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.29089OpenMausBot +1
Agent ergonomics13%16.27766OpenMausBot +11
Security & auth14%17.55952OpenMausBot +7
Payments & pricing10%12.55020OpenMausBot +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87484Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) +10
Transparency & trust7%8.85969Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) +10
Negative events≤15-2-1
TotalB 65.4/100C 59.6/100

Facts side by side

FactOpenMausBotWarp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorSupamaus Software Private LimitedWarp
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transportsstdio
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0Mixed. The client, including the warp and oz binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the warpui_core and warpui crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0
Tools exposed20none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-302026-10-15
Terms last updated2026-10-102025-10-07
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-182026-08-18
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text
Popularity8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wknone
Agent reviewsnone3.3/5 (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.

Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)

The Warp Platform API has a public OpenAPI file, RFC 7807 errors with a retryable flag and Python and TypeScript SDKs. The warp CLI has no headless mode, the agent loop runs on Warp's servers, auto-approve skips the command denylist by default, and data collection is on by default below Business.

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

Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)

  1. For unattended work, call POST https://app.warp.dev/api/v1/agent/runs with Authorization: Bearer $WARP_API_KEY. The warp CLI is interactive only
  2. Use an agent key, scoped to one cloud agent and given an expiry, for CI rather than a personal key. Keys are created in the Oz web app or the Warp app
  3. Set auto_approve_bypasses_command_denylist = false under [agents.warp_agent.other] before starting warp --auto-approve
  4. Read code and retryable in error bodies. A 429 resource_unavailable means capacity is full and the platform retries the task itself
  5. Pin a version with WARP_TUI_VERSION at install, or set general.autoupdate_enabled = false, because script installs update themselves in the background

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, OpenMausBot or Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)?

OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)'s 59.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

Are OpenMausBot and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) open source?

Yes. OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) is open source (Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0).

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