AgentScopevsStirrup
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
AgentScope
Alibaba (Tongyi Lab) · Agent framework
OSSMCP
Panel
6.72 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 6.7
“Deploys as a service with Discord, Slack, Feishu and DingTalk channels, so your agent can be ignored in four workplaces at once.”
Stirrup
Artificial Analysis · Agent framework
OSSMCP
Panel
6.83 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.7
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 8.2
- Longevity
- 6.0
“The Python framework has a TypeScript twin called StirrupJS, because no agent library is allowed to exist in only one language.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | AgentScope | Stirrup |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Runs | local, sandbox | local, sandbox |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | No | Yes |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | YesA browser extra adds online search and web-page fetching, not general browser automation. |
| Sandboxed execution | Yes | YesCode execution runs locally, in Docker or in an E2B sandbox, selected through optional install extras. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any | any OpenAI-compatible API, LiteLLM, OpenRouter |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | YesAny OpenAI-compatible base URL is supported, and LiteLLM adds routing to local runtimes. |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | byok |
| 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 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 32,652 | 642 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | AgentScope | Stirrup | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.8 | Stirrup — Code execution runs locally by default, with Docker and E2B available through optional install extras, so the safe modes are the ones you have to remember to choose. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.5 | AgentScope — Execution is delegated to isolated environments including Docker, E2B, Kubernetes and a Daytona workspace, which is a real answer to the question most frameworks skip. |
| La Inversora | 7.0 | 6.8 | AgentScope — Alibaba's Tongyi Lab publishes this, which means the funding question is answered and the priority question is not; 30,000 stars is strategy, not revenue. |
| La Jefa | 6.0 | 5.8 | AgentScope — Free, which is the easy part; there is no unattended mode, so it never reaches our pipelines, and the supplier is a research lab with no support contract. |
| El Hacker | 6.8 | 8.0 | Stirrup — MIT on PyPI, an MCP client, and LiteLLM or any OpenAI-compatible base URL, so pointing it at the model server on my own network is a configuration line. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.