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wisp vs Paseo
Paseo is one interface for your agents on desktop, mobile, web and CLI, on your own machines. wisp sends tasks off and hands you a report every turn. Where each is better, from their own docs.
Paseo is the better pick if you want the same full app on your phone and desktop, driving agents on your own machines, with no analytics sent. wisp is built around reading results: every turn ends in a report by default, a named crew keeps working, Auto picks the harness, and wisp Cloud needs no install.
Side by side
| Paseo | wisp | |
|---|---|---|
| In its own words | “an open source agentic development environment for desktop, mobile, web, and CLI” | Launch agents in the background and read what they hand back |
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Antigravity and Muse Code, and an ACP catalog of 30 or more | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, opencode, Antigravity, Grok, Copilot |
| Desktop | macOS, Windows, Linux, web, and a server through npm or Nix | macOS, Windows, Linux. Builds aren’t signed yet |
| Phone | iOS and Android. “The mobile app is the full app” | Any phone browser, a Home Screen web app on iPhone with wisp Cloud, and an Android prototype you build from the repo. No native iPhone app |
| Where agents run | Self-hosted: your own machines. Hub is a separate service, free to self-host or paid per seat | wisp Cloud: sign in and the agents run on a server. Free during the preview |
| Same task on two agents | Yes, compare their results | Yes, Compare |
| Click an element, send it to the agent | Yes, Annotate element in its desktop browser | Yes, Pick element in Preview: its HTML and key styles go in the reply box, without a screenshot |
| Usage data | None sent: no analytics, telemetry or crash reports | Anonymous usage stats, on until you turn them off |
| Licence | Apache 2.0, third-party parts under their own | MIT |
From each project’s own README and docs on 7 November 2026. We read them; we didn’t run them. They move fast: check before you choose.
Where wisp is different
- The report. By default every wisp turn ends with a one-screen report of what changed, with the diff and the tests. You read that, and the transcript stays out of the way.
- The crew. wisp’s crew are named agents with a notebook they keep from job to job. Paseo’s schedules and heartbeats run agents on a timer, and its agent profiles are saved settings.
- Auto. wisp picks the harness, model and thinking level per task from what worked before, and shows you the pick before you send.
- Nothing to install. wisp Cloud is your own wisp on a hosted server, with the agents running there. It’s a preview on one small server.
Where Paseo is better
- Phones. iOS and Android apps. wisp has no native iPhone app, and its Android app is a prototype you build from the repo.
- Privacy by default. Paseo’s policy says it sends no analytics. wisp sends anonymous usage stats unless you switch them off in Settings or set
WISP_TELEMETRY=0. - Annotating elements. Annotate element sends the element with your note and a screenshot. wisp’s Pick element adds its HTML and key styles as text, without a screenshot.
- Voice. Local-first dictation and a voice mode. wisp’s dictation is on Android only.
- Agents. A longer list, through ACP.
- Install. Its desktop build config notarizes Mac builds. wisp’s builds aren’t signed yet.
- Community. Its README says one person builds it, and so far that’s true of wisp as well, but Paseo’s following is far larger.
Pick Paseo if
- You want the full app on your phone, on iPhone or Android.
- You want no analytics from day one, and your own machines only.
- You talk to your agents as much as you type.
Pick wisp if
- You want a short report every turn, by default, instead of a live view.
- You want named agents with memory that keep working for you.
- You want a hosted option with nothing to install.
Questions
Is Paseo free?
Its site says it’s free and open source. Hub, a separate service, can be self-hosted for free, or used hosted with a free tier and a paid per-seat plan. wisp is free too, and wisp Cloud is free during the preview.
Does wisp send telemetry?
Anonymous usage stats and error reports, tied to a random ID, with no prompts, code or names. Turn them off in Settings → Privacy, or with WISP_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.
Can Paseo run with my laptop closed?
On a machine of yours that stays on. wisp works the same way on your own machines, and wisp Cloud adds a hosted server.
Try it with the lid shut
Sign in with GitHub and give your own cloud wisp a task. Or run wisp on your own computers: same app, MIT.
or run it on your own computers
macOS · Linux and Windows in beta · Node 20+ · MIT
Runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, opencode, Antigravity CLI, Grok Build and Copilot CLI