Skyvern vs OWL vs OpenManus
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
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Deep research reports
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
File and code tasks in a sandbox
No: No
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Slides generated from a prompt
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Scheduled agent tasks
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Connectors to your apps
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
1 of 6 jobs
2 of 6 jobs
2 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
23,239
20,151
58,747Top
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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
228Top
3
0
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Latest release
v1.0.56 · 2026-10-14Top
Unknown
v0.3.0 · 2025-04-10
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Commits / 12 wk
716
7
8
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People committing / 12 mo
42+
4
3
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
17 / 3
1 / 0
8 / 28
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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: Yes, Python scripts or a local Gradio web UI; Docker image also available
Confirmed: Yes, Python CLI on your own machine; Docker sandbox optional
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); anti-bot features are cloud-only
Confirmed: Apache-2.0
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 your own model API key or a local Ollama model
Confirmed: No separate model weights; you bring your own model API key or a local Ollama model
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: AGPL-3.0; offering a modified version as a network service requires sharing its source
Confirmed: Yes, Apache-2.0 code; model terms depend on the provider you choose
Confirmed: Yes, MIT code; model terms depend on the provider or local model you choose
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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: An LLM API key is needed for the main examples; an Ollama example runs a local model; other tool keys are optional
Partial: An LLM API key is needed unless you run a local model through Ollama; Browser Use Cloud and Daytona sandboxes are optional
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
Unknown: Not documented; cloud model use needs only Python; browser tasks need a multimodal model
Unknown: Not documented; needs Python 3.12 and Chrome or Chromium; a local model needs your own GPU
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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: Windows, macOS and Linux; Python 3.10 to 3.12
Confirmed: Windows, macOS and Linux (install steps cover each)
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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; pip/uv/conda install plus .env API keys, or a prebuilt Docker image
Confirmed: Medium; clone, install Python deps with uv or conda, edit config.toml with model keys
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Stars over time
Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.
- Skyvern
- OWL
- OpenManus
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 ↗camel-ai/owl ↗FoundationAgents/OpenManus ↗