ForallvsTianshu Harness
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Forall
Astrio Labs · Terminal agent
#198OSSMCP
Panel
6.01 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 5.2
- Longevity
- 6.0
“The install script requires that a release binary already exists, a prerequisite the README states in complete earnest.”
Tianshu Harness
Tianshu · Terminal agent
#145OSSMCP
Panel
6.05 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.0
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 5.0
“Its release badges point at a different repository than the one you cloned, which is a versioning strategy of sorts.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Forall | Tianshu Harness |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local, cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | NoSandboxing is a documented permission model over the agent's own tools, not a container. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Claude via Amazon Bedrock | DeepSeek V4, GLM, OpenAI, Ollama |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | byok |
| Starts at | n/a | $0/mo |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 577 | 1,013 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Forall | Tianshu Harness | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.3 | 6.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 5.8 | 5.8 | no preference |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 5.5 | Forall — The four rungs, spec tracked through property tested and contracted to proved, grade each requirement by the strongest evidence actually produced rather than by intent. |
| La Inversora | 6.0 | 5.5 | Forall — 597 stars, no price published anywhere, and hosted models tied to a plan: the repository is the funnel and the account is the product, which is a familiar shape. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 5.3 | Tianshu Harness — Free at sixty seats and installed from one package manager command, with the user handbook and configuration guide written in a language most of my engineers do not read. |
| El Hacker | 6.3 | 7.8 | Tianshu Harness — Apache-2.0, tool servers attach over the protocol, and a local runtime sits on the provider list beside the hosted ones, so nothing has to leave the machine if I do not want it to. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.