Agentlas OSvsopcode
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Agentlas OS
Agent Trust · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
5.23 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.0
- Usefulness
- 5.5
- Cost
- 6.3
- Longevity
- 5.0
“Agents can execute code directly on your machine, as there is no Docker sandbox.”
opcode
Asterisk · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
5.33 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.8
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 7.0
- Longevity
- 3.5
“Twenty-two thousand people starred a desktop application that you still have to compile yourself.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Agentlas OS | opcode |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, windows, linux | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | No | Yes |
| Git operations | No | NoCheckpoints and the branching timeline are opcode's own session versioning, not git operations. |
| Browser control | Yes | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | YesCustom agents and background agents are defined and run from the GUI, each with its own file and network permission settings; they are separate Claude Code runs, not a container sandbox. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Cursor, DeepSeek, GLM, Ollama | Claude |
| Bring your own model | Yes | No |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | n/a | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| GitHub stars | 1,543 | 22,420 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Agentlas OS | opcode | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.5 | 5.5 | Agentlas OS — Agentlas OS is a free, local-first framework for building and running teams of agents; pick it if you want to orchestrate agents without being tied to one vendor's cloud. |
| El Crítico | 5.0 | 5.0 | no preference |
| El Profesor | 4.3 | 5.8 | opcode — Checkpoints and the branching timeline are the application's own session versioning and explicitly not git operations, and the row is careful to say so. |
| La Inversora | 5.8 | 4.8 | Agentlas OS — A clever local-first strategy with a freemium cloud chaser, but the business model relies entirely on converting open-source users to a paid agent-syncing service. |
| La Jefa | 3.3 | 4.5 | opcode — The only documented install is building it yourself with bun and a Tauri toolchain, which rules it out for a managed fleet before I reach the security questions. |
| El Hacker | 5.5 | 6.3 | opcode — AGPL-3.0, a Rust and React desktop app I build with bun, and a real MCP server manager, but the model is Claude and only Claude. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.