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Head to head · Agent harnesses · October 2026 research run

Paseo vs T3 Code

Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (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 T3 CodeT3 Tools Inc. · Agent harness D51.9/100#1002 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 55
  • Agent ergonomics, 70 against 60
  • Security & auth, 58 against 35
  • Transparency & trust, 68 against 51

Watch for

Pre-1.0, at 0.15.3

T3 Code D

Best for Developers who want one app, including on their phone, to drive several coding agents they already pay for.

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

Watch for

Usage data on by default, with hashed OpenAI and Claude account identifiers, and relay traces to Axiom

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.

Security & auth Paseo +23

Paseo 58

Harness reading. The README says no telemetry, tracking or forced log-ins (30 of 30). Worktree per agent, on your own machine (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). SECURITY.md (8). 30 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 8 = 58.

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.

Transparency & trust Paseo +17

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.

T3 Code 51

MIT (30). docs/user/telemetry.md lists what is sent and what isn't, but includes hashed third-party account identifiers and the README doesn't mention it (15 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out, on by default (12 of 20). 30 + 15 + 5 + 12 = 62.

Schema & documentation Paseo +10

Paseo 65

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

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).

Agent ergonomics Paseo +10

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).

T3 Code 60

Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60).

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.

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.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runPaseoT3 CodeEdge
Reliability16%205043Paseo +7
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26555Paseo +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.27060Paseo +10
Security & auth14%17.55835Paseo +23
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87575even
Transparency & trust7%8.86851Paseo +17
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 62.1/100D 51.9/100

Facts side by side

FactPaseoT3 Code
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorMohamed BoudraT3 Tools 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.

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.

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

T3 Code

  1. Set T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false before starting the server if you don't want usage events sent
  2. Install and log in to at least one provider CLI first, such as codex login or claude auth login
  3. Use a managed policy to fix settings across a team

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Paseo or T3 Code?

Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

Are Paseo and T3 Code open source?

Yes. Paseo is open source (Apache-2.0). T3 Code is open source (MIT).

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