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OWL 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: + Openclaw+ DeerFlow+ OpenManus+ AgenticSeek+ Skyvern+ Kortix (formerly Suna)

OWLcamel-ai/owl
Manuspaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
Autonomous web browsing
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Deep research reports
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
File and code tasks in a sandbox
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Slides generated from a prompt
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Scheduled agent tasks
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Connectors to your apps
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
2 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
20,151
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
3
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Latest release
Unknown
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Commits / 12 wk
7
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People committing / 12 mo
4
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
1 / 0
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Yes, Python scripts or a local Gradio web UI; Docker image also available
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Confirmed: Apache-2.0
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring your own model API key or a local Ollama model
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Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes, Apache-2.0 code; model terms depend on the provider you choose
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Paid services needed?
Partial: An LLM API key is needed for the main examples; an Ollama example runs a local model; other tool keys are optional
Subscription
Hardware
Unknown: Not documented; cloud model use needs only Python; browser tasks need a multimodal model
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Operating systems
Confirmed: Windows, macOS and Linux; Python 3.10 to 3.12
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Setup effort
Confirmed: Medium; pip/uv/conda install plus .env API keys, or a prebuilt Docker image
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Stars over time

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  • OWL
20,15319,433 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-16OWL, 2025-10-27: 19,499 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-11-03: 19,522 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-11-10: 19,539 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-11-17: 19,553 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-11-24: 19,563 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-12-01: 19,576 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-12-08: 19,593 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-12-15: 19,606 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-12-22: 19,618 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2025-12-29: 19,647 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-01-05: 19,733 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-01-12: 19,796 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-01-19: 19,819 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-01-26: 19,838 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-02-02: 19,845 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-02-09: 19,856 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-02-16: 19,866 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-02-23: 19,899 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-03-02: 19,910 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-03-09: 19,921 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-03-16: 19,931 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-03-23: 19,949 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-03-30: 19,956 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-04-06: 20,016 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-04-13: 20,024 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-04-20: 20,029 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-04-27: 20,033 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-05-04: 20,038 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-05-11: 20,039 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-05-18: 20,041 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-05-25: 20,043 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-06-29: 20,044 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-08-31: 20,054 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-09-07: 20,072 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-09-14: 20,090 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-09-21: 20,108 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-09-28: 20,122 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-10-05: 20,130 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-10-12: 20,149 stars, estimated from public star recordsOWL, 2026-10-16: 20,153 stars, trackedOWL, 2026-10-17: 20,151 stars, trackedOWL, 2026-10-18: 20,151 stars, trackedOWL, 2026-10-19: 20,151 stars, trackedOWL, 2026-10-20: 20,153 stars, trackedOWL, 2026-10-21: 20,151 stars, tracked
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Tracked daily since 16 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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