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      "vendor": "T3 Tools Inc.",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "T3 Code is an open-source control surface for the coding agents on your machine, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok Build, OpenCode, Antigravity and fx, from desktop, web and iOS and Android apps.",
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        "mobile",
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          "The telemetry opt-out is in the docs, not the README",
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              "tasks"
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          "payments": 60,
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          "schema": 55,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 62
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        "install": "curl -fsSL https://t3.codes/install.sh | sh"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/t3-code"
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        "legalEntity": "T3 Tools Inc.",
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        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
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        "checked": "2026-11-07",
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          "The licence names T3 Tools Inc.. The repository is github.com/pingdotgg/t3code."
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        "slug": "t3-code",
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          "url": "https://t3.codes/.well-known/security.txt",
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        "leads": "t3-code",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
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          "a": "Scored on the cloud option. No protocol (0). The cloud price wasn't found on the pages read (0). The desktop app is free and MIT with no card (20). The local app needs no sign-up that we found (20). 0 + 0 + 20 + 20 = 40.",
          "b": "Free self-hosted software with nothing to buy, so 0 for a protocol and 20 each for public pricing, a free tier and onboarding with no sign-up, 60."
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        "scores": {
          "a": 40,
          "b": 60
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      },
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        "category": "reliability",
        "leads": "orca",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Local software. Desktop and mobile builds and a Homebrew cask (20). Unit, end-to-end and platform test workflows; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Tags to v1.4.251, no changelog file (8). Version 1.4 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 15 = 58.",
          "b": "Local software. An install script and desktop and mobile apps from the vendor (20). ci.yml and windows-tests.yml run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags v0.1.5 to v0.1.7 with many nightlies, no changelog file (8). Version 0.1.7 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43."
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          "b": 43
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        "category": "schema",
        "leads": "orca",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Harness reading. A docs site with CLI orchestration and native chat pages (65).",
          "b": "Harness reading. User docs in the repository (managed policy, handoffs, providers, telemetry), AGENTS.md for contributors, a server other clients connect to (55)."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 65,
          "b": 55
        }
      },
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        "leads": "orca",
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          "a": "Harness reading. An orchestrator agent that splits work across workers in their own workspaces, chat or raw CLI, a browser and a CLI in one app (70).",
          "b": "Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60)."
        },
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          "b": 60
        }
      },
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        "leads": "orca",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
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          "a": "Harness reading. Anonymous usage data with an opt-out, per the README's link to its telemetry docs (15 of 30). Worktrees per agent and a sandboxed Linux build (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). A dependency-security workflow (6 of 20). 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 43.",
          "b": "Harness reading. Product usage events go by default to ingest.t3.codes and PostHog, with hashed identifiers for your T3 Connect, OpenAI and Claude accounts, and relay traces to Axiom, which can include machine names and error text. Off with T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false or a managed policy. Disclosed in docs/user/telemetry.md, not the README (10 of 30). Permission modes and managed policies (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 10 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 35."
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          "b": 35
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        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "Lovecast Inc.",
        "b": "T3 Tools Inc.",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "",
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        "a": "None",
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        "name": "Auth"
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        "a": "Free",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "MIT",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Orca or T3 Code?"
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        "answer": "Yes. Orca is open source (MIT). T3 Code is open source (MIT).",
        "question": "Are Orca and T3 Code open source?"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-orca.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-orca.json",
        "title": "Amp vs Orca",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-t3-code"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-orca.json",
        "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Orca",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-orca.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-t3-code"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-orca.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-t3-code"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-orca.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-orca.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-orca.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-orca.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-orca"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-t3-code.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-orca.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-t3-code.json",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/t3-code.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Orca (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an orchestrator agent to split work across parallel coding agents, on desktop or mobile.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 58 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 35\n\nWatch for: Anonymous usage data collected by default, with an opt-out\n\n### T3 Code (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who want one app, including on their phone, to drive several coding agents they already pay for.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nWatch for: Usage data on by default, with hashed OpenAI and Claude account identifiers, and relay traces to Axiom\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: T3 Code +20\n\n- Orca (40): Scored on the cloud option. No protocol (0). The cloud price wasn't found on the pages read (0). The desktop app is free and MIT with no card (20). The local app needs no sign-up that we found (20). 0 + 0 + 20 + 20 = 40.\n- T3 Code (60): Free self-hosted software with nothing to buy, so 0 for a protocol and 20 each for public pricing, a free tier and onboarding with no sign-up, 60.\n\n### Reliability: Orca +15\n\n- Orca (58): Local software. Desktop and mobile builds and a Homebrew cask (20). Unit, end-to-end and platform test workflows; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Tags to v1.4.251, no changelog file (8). Version 1.4 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 15 = 58.\n- T3 Code (43): Local software. An install script and desktop and mobile apps from the vendor (20). ci.yml and windows-tests.yml run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags v0.1.5 to v0.1.7 with many nightlies, no changelog file (8). Version 0.1.7 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Orca +10\n\n- Orca (65): Harness reading. A docs site with CLI orchestration and native chat pages (65).\n- T3 Code (55): Harness reading. User docs in the repository (managed policy, handoffs, providers, telemetry), AGENTS.md for contributors, a server other clients connect to (55).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Orca +10\n\n- Orca (70): Harness reading. An orchestrator agent that splits work across workers in their own workspaces, chat or raw CLI, a browser and a CLI in one app (70).\n- T3 Code (60): Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Orca +8\n\n- Orca (43): Harness reading. Anonymous usage data with an opt-out, per the README's link to its telemetry docs (15 of 30). Worktrees per agent and a sandboxed Linux build (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). A dependency-security workflow (6 of 20). 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 43.\n- T3 Code (35): Harness reading. Product usage events go by default to ingest.t3.codes and PostHog, with hashed identifiers for your T3 Connect, OpenAI and Claude accounts, and relay traces to Axiom, which can include machine names and error text. Off with T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false or a managed policy. Disclosed in docs/user/telemetry.md, not the README (10 of 30). Permission modes and managed policies (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 10 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 35.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Orca | T3 Code | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 58 | 43 | Orca +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 55 | Orca +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 60 | Orca +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 35 | Orca +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | T3 Code +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 75 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 51 | Orca +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.4 · C** | **51.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Orca | T3 Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Lovecast Inc. | T3 Tools Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Orca.** An open-source orchestrator for coding agents with worker agents in their own worktrees, chat and terminal views, a browser and a CLI, on desktop and mobile, with heavy test automation. It collects anonymous usage data by default, and the cloud option's pricing wasn't found.\n\n**T3 Code.** A fast-moving open-source way to run and steer several coding agents from desktop, browser or phone, using the subscriptions you already have. It's pre-1.0, and it sends usage data by default, including hashed identifiers for your OpenAI and Claude accounts, with the opt-out documented outside the README.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Orca\n\n1. See the telemetry docs on onorca.dev to opt out of anonymous usage data\n2. Use the orchestration CLI to hand a large task to one agent that starts workers\n\n### T3 Code\n\n1. Set T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false before starting the server if you don't want usage events sent\n2. Install and log in to at least one provider CLI first, such as codex login or claude auth login\n3. Use a managed policy to fix settings across a team\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Orca or T3 Code?\n\nOrca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. T3 Code leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Orca and T3 Code open source?\n\nYes. Orca is open source (MIT). T3 Code is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-t3-code.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-t3-code.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"orca\", \"b\": \"t3-code\"}`. 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