LiveAgent vs openbot
openbot is much bigger: 5.2k stars against 2.1k. Over the days we have tracked them LiveAgent moved +14146.7% and openbot +398.2%, so LiveAgent is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: LiveAgent leads on model freedom and setup ease, openbot on noise control.
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
A local‑first desktop AI agent that actually performs file-system operations, runs bash/managed processes, and extends via an MCP/Skills ecosystem with an optional remote Gateway.
- Stars
- 2.1k
- Tracked growth
- +14146.7%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Use your API key or third‑party relays for external models; desktop app is local-first
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
- 5.2k
- Tracked growth
- +398.2%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 6h 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 | LiveAgent | 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. | ●●●●● Diff + related files | ●●●●● Workspace access |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● None mentioned | ●●●●● Policy and audit |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Extensible skills & prompts | ●●●●● YAML & UI configs |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● 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. | ●●●●● Desktop installers | ●●●●● Config + API key |
Which one to pick
Pick LiveAgent if…
Privacy-first — run a fully functional agent on your desktop with local key storage and extensible Skills while optionally routing models via your own endpoints.
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own-key (5/5 against 3/5)
- Setup ease: Desktop installers (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.
- Noise control: Policy and audit (3/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
Stack-Cairn/LiveAgent
CopilotKit/openbot
Questions people ask
Is LiveAgent better than openbot?
They split the axes: LiveAgent leads on model freedom and setup ease, openbot on noise control. LiveAgent is worth picking when privacy-first — run a fully functional agent on your desktop with local key storage and extensible Skills while optionally routing models via your own endpoints.
Which of LiveAgent and openbot keeps my code private?
LiveAgent: Self-hostable (4/5). openbot: Cloud APIs w/ key (3/5).
What does each one cost to run?
LiveAgent: Use your API key or third‑party relays for external models; desktop app is local-first. openbot: Requires CopilotKit license and your model API key..
Full profiles: Stack-Cairn/LiveAgent and CopilotKit/openbot. Everything else in Computer use.