Agent-S vs openbot
Agent-S is much bigger: 12.5k stars against 6.0k. Over the days we have tracked them Agent-S moved +4.6% and openbot +479.3%, so openbot is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: Agent-S leads on model freedom, openbot on context depth.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
An open-source, research-backed GUI agent framework that combines grounding models and optional local code execution and achieves SOTA (surpassing human performance on OSWorld).
- Stars
- 12.5k
- Tracked growth
- +4.6%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 28d ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Your API keys (provider-dependent)
Runs each agent in an isolated, browser-backed per-agent 'computer' with a central gateway that enforces CEL policies and records an auditable trail of every action.
- Stars
- 6.0k
- Tracked growth
- +479.3%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Requires CopilotKit license and your model API key.
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | Agent-S | openbot |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Single-screen context | ●●●●● Workspace access |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Basic filters | ●●●●● Policy and audit |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Configurable params | ●●●●● YAML & UI configs |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Cloud APIs (your key) | ●●●●● Cloud APIs w/ key |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Bring-your-own key | ●●●●● Multiple providers |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Config + API key | ●●●●● Config + API key |
Which one to pick
Pick Agent-S if…
SOTA performance — pick Agent S when you need a research-grade, open-source GUI agent with grounding-model support and optional local code execution.
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own key (5/5 against 3/5)
Pick openbot if…
Privacy-first — runs on your machine with per-bot containers, encrypted credentials, and a policy-enforced gateway for auditable, controllable agent actions.
- Context depth: Workspace access (3/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
simular-ai/Agent-S
Hacker News: Show HN: Agent S: an open agentic framework that uses computers drew 2 points and 1 comments.
CopilotKit/openbot
Questions people ask
Is Agent-S better than openbot?
They split the axes: Agent-S leads on model freedom, openbot on context depth. Agent-S is worth picking when sOTA performance — pick Agent S when you need a research-grade, open-source GUI agent with grounding-model support and optional local code execution.
Which of Agent-S and openbot keeps my code private?
Agent-S: Cloud APIs (your key) (3/5). openbot: Cloud APIs w/ key (3/5).
What does each one cost to run?
Agent-S: Your API keys (provider-dependent). openbot: Requires CopilotKit license and your model API key..
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