Openclaw vs Manus

Side by side, as alternatives to Manus. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces Manus: + DeerFlow + OpenManus + AgenticSeek + Skyvern + Kortix (formerly Suna)+ OWL

Openclawopenclaw/openclaw

Manuspaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

See pricing page source ↗

Autonomous web browsing

Yes

Deep research reports

Yes

File and code tasks in a sandbox

Yes

Slides generated from a prompt

Yes

Scheduled agent tasks

Partly

Yes

Connectors to your apps

Yes

Jobs covered

1 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

392,686

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

14,028

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Latest release

v2026.10.5 · 2026-10-18

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Commits / 12 wk

42,127

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People committing / 12 mo

498+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

5573 / 4501

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?

Yes, self-hosted gateway; hosted or local model providers

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

MIT

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Model weights licence

No bundled weights; depends on the hosted or local model you connect

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Commercial use

Yes, MIT code

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Paid services needed?

No OpenClaw paid tier; configured model/provider or hosting costs may apply

Subscription

Hardware

Gateway with cloud models: minimum 1 GB RAM, 1 core, 500 MB free disk, 64-bit OS; 2 GB+ RAM recommended (Raspberry Pi guide)

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Operating systems

Windows, macOS and Linux installers

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Setup effort

Installer and onboarding wizard; configure model access and channels

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Stars over time

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Tracked daily since 20 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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Openclaw (as alternatives to Manus)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=openclaw&product=manus

Manus: See pricing page
Openclaw: free software; does 1 of 6 Manus jobs

- Openclaw: 392,686 GitHub stars, 42,127 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

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Openclaw vs Manus

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