AgentDockvselizaOS
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
AgentDock
AgentDock · Agent framework
OSS
Panel
5.80 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.0
- Usefulness
- 5.2
- Cost
- 8.0
- Longevity
- 4.8
“The install instructions are a git clone, which is the most honest version number a beta has ever published.”
elizaOS
elizaOS · Agent framework
OSS
Panel
5.84 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.2
- Usefulness
- 5.2
- Cost
- 6.3
- Longevity
- 6.7
“The open-source TypeScript framework includes a runtime, app, and CLI for building agents that can run locally or on their cloud.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | AgentDock | elizaOS |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Runs | local, cloud | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows, web | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, other providers via the provider registry | |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | mixed |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 1,763 | 19,532 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | AgentDock | elizaOS | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 5.8 | 6.3 | elizaOS — Pick elizaOS if you are a TypeScript developer building agentic apps and want a complete, open-source stack from runtime to UI, but not for complex coding tasks. |
| El Crítico | 5.5 | 6.5 | elizaOS — elizaOS claims to be an agentic operating system but lacks a sandbox, terminal execution, or git operations. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 4.5 | AgentDock — The orchestration layer varies which tools are exposed as the conversation progresses, which treats the tool set as state rather than as a fixed constant. |
| La Inversora | 5.3 | 6.8 | elizaOS — This is an ambitious open-source play with strong adoption signals, but the business model is still forming around optional cloud services. |
| La Jefa | 4.8 | 3.5 | AgentDock — Nothing to license for sixty engineers and nothing my operations team can run either: no unattended execution, no console, and no supplier behind it. |
| El Hacker | 6.8 | 7.5 | elizaOS — elizaOS is a proper MIT-licensed framework for agent orchestration, but the lack of sandboxing or terminal access means you're building a nice UI, not a coding agent. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.