oh-my-openagentvsSwarmClaw
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
oh-my-openagent
YeonGyu Kim · Agent harness
MCP
Panel
5.53 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.3
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 5.7
- Longevity
- 5.2
“Its orchestrator is named Sisyphus, which is the most honest name anyone has given a build loop.”
SwarmClaw
SwarmClaw AI · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
5.64 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 | oh-my-openagent | SwarmClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | Yes |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Kimi, GLM, GitHub Copilot | Claude, GPT, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | free |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | Yes |
| License | Sustainable Use License 1.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 69,748 | 689 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | oh-my-openagent | SwarmClaw | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.5 | 6.8 | SwarmClaw — Pick SwarmClaw if you want a free, self-hosted dashboard to orchestrate and visualize teams of agents for research, but not for hands-on coding. |
| El Crítico | 5.5 | 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 | 5.5 | 5.3 | oh-my-openagent — Requests are routed by category, quick, deep, ultrabrain and visual-engineering, to different agents and models; five or more background specialists run with isolated context under 54-plus hooks. |
| La Inversora | 4.8 | 5.3 | SwarmClaw — A well-featured agent framework whose 'open source' label and free model are classic signs of a pre-monetization venture play. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 4.0 | oh-my-openagent — Bundled MCP servers send web searches to Exa and code searches to Grep.app from every engineer's terminal, with no admin, no SSO and a bun prerequisite; not yet. |
| El Hacker | 5.8 | 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.