Agentlas OSvsSwarmClaw
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
5.22 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.”
SwarmClaw
SwarmClaw AI · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
5.62 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 5.2
- Cost
- 6.7
- Longevity
- 4.8
“Open source, but the license is proprietary.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Agentlas OS | SwarmClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, windows, linux | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | Yes | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | Yes |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Cursor, DeepSeek, GLM, Ollama | Claude, GPT, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | n/a | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 1,543 | 689 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Agentlas OS | SwarmClaw | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.5 | 6.8 | 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 | 5.8 | SwarmClaw — SwarmClaw ships with a proprietary license despite being open-source, and lacks core coding capabilities like terminal execution or Git operations. |
| El Profesor | 4.3 | 5.3 | SwarmClaw — SwarmClaw is a framework for orchestrating multiple agents, but it provides no native editing or verification capabilities itself. |
| La Inversora | 5.8 | 5.3 | 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 | 4.0 | SwarmClaw — A free, self-hosted framework is not a managed service; it is a second job for the infrastructure team. |
| El Hacker | 5.5 | 6.5 | SwarmClaw — SwarmClaw is a solid self-hosted agent runtime with great model support, but its proprietary license and lack of an MCP server make me question its long-term viability. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.