Apache Makavscmux
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Apache Maka
Apache Software Foundation · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
6.56 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.2
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 9.2
- Longevity
- 5.8
“Because it lacks a Docker sandbox, agent-executed commands run directly on your local machine.”
cmux
Manaflow · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
6.63 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 6.0
“A terminal for coordinating many agents on exactly one operating system, so the agent wars are settled by what laptop you were issued.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Apache Maka | cmux |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, windows, linux | macos |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | No |
| Git operations | Yes | NoThe sidebar displays branch and pull request status but cmux performs no git operations itself. |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | YesNative panes for Claude Code Teams and oh-my-opencode orchestration; cmux runs and watches the agents rather than running an agent loop of its own. |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | via managed agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Amp, Aider) | |
| 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 | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| GitHub stars | 5,687 | 27,557 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Apache Maka | cmux | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 7.3 | cmux — Pick it if you run several agents on a Mac and your terminal has become a graveyard of tabs; pick Warp if you want the terminal itself to be the agent. |
| El Crítico | 5.0 | 6.5 | cmux — A programmable browser lives inside the same application that hosts your agents and your remote sessions, and no sandbox is recorded anywhere on the row. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.8 | cmux — Attention routing is built on OSC 9, 99 and 777 escape sequences rather than a private hook, which is the design choice most likely to outlast the agents it hosts. |
| La Inversora | 7.0 | 6.0 | Apache Maka — An ASF-incubated project with a strong technical foundation, but its longevity depends entirely on community contribution, not a commercial entity. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 5.5 | cmux — It runs on macOS and nothing else, which decides this before cost, and there is no headless mode, no SSO and no audit trail to discuss afterwards. |
| El Hacker | 8.5 | 7.5 | Apache Maka — Apache Maka is an agent harness built the right way: open, local-first, and built around a reproducible log. It's a proper tool. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.