Skyvern vs DeerFlow vs Openclaw
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.
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
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Autonomous web browsing
Partial: Partly
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Deep research reports
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
File and code tasks in a sandbox
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Slides generated from a prompt
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Scheduled agent tasks
No: No
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Connectors to your apps
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
1 of 6 jobs
5 of 6 jobs
1 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
23,239
84,212
392,686Top
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
228
679
14,028Top
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Latest release
v1.0.56 · 2026-10-14
v2.1.0 · 2026-09-24
v2026.10.5 · 2026-10-18Top
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Commits / 12 wk
716
1,333
42,127
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People committing / 12 mo
42+
98+
498+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
17 / 3
359 / 335
5573 / 4501
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, local server and UI via pip or Docker Compose; also hosted Skyvern Cloud
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Docker (recommended) or a local dev setup
Confirmed: Yes, self-hosted gateway; hosted or local model providers
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); anti-bot features are cloud-only
Confirmed: MIT
Confirmed: MIT
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring a cloud API key or a local Ollama model
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring model API keys or host a model yourself (vLLM supported)
Confirmed: No bundled weights; depends on the hosted or local model you connect
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: AGPL-3.0; offering a modified version as a network service requires sharing its source
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; model and search provider terms apply separately
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code
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Paid services needed?Differs
Partial: Nothing paid with a local Ollama model; cloud LLM APIs and Skyvern Cloud (with anti-bot measures) are optional
Partial: Needs a model (API key or self-hosted) and a web search provider such as Tavily or InfoQuest; self-hosted fetchers exist
Partial: No OpenClaw paid tier; configured model/provider or hosting costs may apply
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Confirmed: About 4 GB RAM for 1-2 concurrent browser runs, 8 GB for 3-5, 16 GB for 6-10, 32 GB+ beyond; 2 GB minimum per Kubernetes pod
Confirmed: Minimum 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB free SSD for local use (more for Docker or shared servers); a local LLM is sized separately
Confirmed: 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 systemsDiffers
Partial: Windows documented (needs Rust and C++ build tools for pip); Docker Compose elsewhere; macOS and Linux not stated
Confirmed: Linux recommended for servers; macOS and Windows (Git Bash) for development or evaluation
Confirmed: Windows, macOS and Linux installers
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy to medium; pip install plus skyvern quickstart, or docker compose up with an LLM key in .env
Confirmed: Medium; make setup writes config, then make docker-start; needs Docker Compose v2.24+ and model and search keys
Partial: Installer and onboarding wizard; configure model access and channels
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Stars over time
Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.
- Skyvern
- DeerFlow
- Openclaw
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.
Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.
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Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. Skyvern-AI/skyvern ↗bytedance/deer-flow ↗openclaw/openclaw ↗