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Head to head · Agent harnesses · October 2026 research run

Paseo vs Sculptor

Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

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PaseoMohamed Boudra · Agent harness B62.1/100#575 of 1486 SculptorImbue, Inc. · Agent harness D53.1/100#960 of 1486

Which one, for what

Paseo B

Best for Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 50 against 43
  • Schema & documentation, 65 against 45
  • Agent ergonomics, 70 against 50
  • Transparency & trust, 68 against 57

Watch for

Pre-1.0, at 0.15.3

Sculptor D

Best for Developers who want parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces and are fine with a research preview.

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

Watch for

Labelled an experimental research preview that may change drastically

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Schema & documentation Paseo +20

Paseo 65

Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65).

Sculptor 45

Harness reading. A README, specs and agent docs in the repository; no API reference (45).

Agent ergonomics Paseo +20

Paseo 70

Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70).

Sculptor 50

Harness reading. Workspaces as isolated copies, review and merge back, and built-in skills (50).

Transparency & trust Paseo +11

Paseo 68

Apache 2.0 for everything but third-party components (30). No telemetry and agents run on your machine (22 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). States no telemetry (20). 30 + 22 + 10 + 20 = 82.

Sculptor 57

MIT (30). Consent-based telemetry documented in the repository (18 of 30). The README warns of drastic changes during the research preview, with no deprecation policy (5). Opt-in telemetry (20). 30 + 18 + 5 + 20 = 73.

Reliability Paseo +7

Paseo 50

Local software. Desktop builds, an Android APK, a Docker image and a Nix package (20). ci.yml 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). CHANGELOG.md (15). Version 0.15.3 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 50.

Sculptor 43

Local software. Desktop downloads for Mac (Apple Silicon), Linux and Linux ARM64 (20). checks.yml and a PR gate 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). sculptor-v tags up to v0.49.0, no changelog file (8). 0.x and labelled a research preview (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runPaseoSculptorEdge
Reliability16%205043Paseo +7
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26545Paseo +20
Agent ergonomics13%16.27050Paseo +20
Security & auth14%17.55857Paseo +1
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87575even
Transparency & trust7%8.86857Paseo +11
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 62.1/100D 53.1/100

Facts side by side

FactPaseoSculptor
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorMohamed BoudraImbue, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneNone
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0MIT
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnono
Last release2026-11-072026-11-06
Terms last updatedno document linkedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linkedno document linked

Verdicts

Paseo

A self-hosted, open-source workspace for running many coding agents on your own machines, scriptable from the CLI and reachable from phone, web or desktop, with no telemetry or forced log-in. It's pre-1.0 and run largely by one maintainer.

Sculptor

Imbue's open-source app for parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces, with telemetry off until you choose otherwise. It's an experimental research preview that warns of bugs and drastic changes, Mac and Linux only, with no changelog.

Before you call either

Paseo

  1. Run the daemon on the machine that has your tools and credentials, and connect from the clients
  2. Script runs from the CLI for repeatable agent jobs

Sculptor

  1. Download from the README's links, connect a repository and create a workspace before prompting
  2. Review the diff before merging a workspace back to main

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Paseo or Sculptor?

Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

Are Paseo and Sculptor open source?

Yes. Paseo is open source (Apache-2.0). Sculptor is open source (MIT).

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