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Bloks vs MausBot

Close cousins: both are desktop apps that run the AI tools you already pay for as a roster of agents shown like contacts, with rooms and computers of their own. They differ on undo, memory, chat apps, the phone and licence.

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The short answer

Which one is for you

Choose Bloks ifOur pick

  • You want approvals by default, rules in a sentence, and undo on what agents change.
  • You want long-term memory as files you can read and edit.
  • You want agents on Telegram, Signal, Discord, WhatsApp groups and email, not only Slack.
  • You want an iPhone and Apple Watch app from the App Store, reaching your computer from anywhere with Bloks Cloud.
  • You want people in your workspaces with private conversations, apps and keys of their own.

Choose MausBot if

  • You want an Apache 2.0 licence today.
  • You want Android as well as iPhone companion apps.
  • You want hosted cloud machines priced by computer-hours, with plans for teams.
  • You want a large community: around 13,800 stars on GitHub.

At a glance

Topic by topic

Bloks ahead · 3Even · 11MausBot ahead · 1

Topic
What it isA desktop app for a team of agents on your machine. Each agent is a contact; a team is a room.A desktop app for a roster of bots shown like messenger contacts, each with its own job, model and computer.
EnginesClaude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, Pi, Grok, Devin and more on your sign-ins, plus OpenAI-compatible hosts.Claude, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Kimi, Qwen and other CLIs on your sign-ins, ACP CLIs, OpenAI-compatible endpoints and OpenRouter.
ApprovalsAgents ask before acting unless you choose otherwise; rules in a sentence.Allow and Deny cards in chat for commands, edits and questions. Its site says coverage varies by engine and tool.
UndoUndo any change an agent made, rewind a conversation, or branch it from any answer.BetterNot published.
MemoryMarkdown files you can read and edit: MEMORY.md and a folder of notes.BetterEach bot remembers its own thread. Long-term memory you can read or edit is not published.
RoomsRooms with a lead who speaks last, and Auto, which picks who answers; agents hire help with your yes.Unlimited bots; rooms with their own transcript, instructions and folder, and an Auto mode that routes messages to a bot.
PeopleWorkspaces with members and admins, invited by link or QR code, each with private conversations.Team plans add shared bots and roles.
PhoneAn iPhone and Apple Watch app on the App Store, at home or anywhere with Bloks Cloud. Android is coming.iPhone and Android companion apps handed out through Discord, and a web app you can install. Its repo calls mobile a work in progress.
Computer useAn agent's own browser you can watch, and a computer of its own: a cloud box, a Local VM or this one.A cloud Linux desktop, a local VM, or opt-in control of your Mac or Ubuntu desktop, with a live preview.
Chat appsTelegram, Signal, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp groups and email.BetterSlack bots with Team plans. Telegram and WhatsApp: not published.
AutomationRoutines, watchers, app watchers, signed webhooks, workflows and goals.Schedules, local webhooks and app events, such as Gmail checked every 15 minutes, while the app is running.
When your computer is offAgents pause, unless they run on a server of yours or on managed hosting.Free use stops; paid Cloud plans keep a hosted machine on.
Keys on diskKeys sit in a file only you can read, not the Keychain; Bloks calls that its top open security item.Its CLI keeps API keys as plain text in a config file only you can read.
PriceFree with your own AI. Paid plans add reach from anywhere, people and an included AI.Free on your computer. Cloud plans from $15 to $99 a month by computer-hours; Team $169 and Business $599 a month.
LicenceSource available (FSL): free for any use except selling Bloks; each release becomes MIT after two years.Apache 2.0, apart from a source-available enterprise folder.Better

Safety: approvals and undo

BloksBetter

An agent in Bloks asks before it acts, unless you tell it not to, and you can write rules in a sentence ("never push to main"). Choose how careful each agent is, from Ask first to Full access. Before every turn Bloks takes a snapshot of the agent's folder, so what it changed shows under the reply with one Undo button. A conversation can be rewound with its files, branched from any answer, or rehearsed first on a copy. Work that should not touch your machine can run in a Docker container or on another machine over SSH.

A changes card in Bloks: the files an agent changed, each one with Undo

MausBot

MausBot shows shell commands, file edits and questions as Allow and Deny cards in the chat, and its own site says how much is covered depends on the engine and the tool. A local sandbox is not described; a local VM is an option. An undo for what a bot changed is not published.

Memory and privacy

BloksBetter

What each agent remembers is plain Markdown in its own folder: MEMORY.md and topic notes you can open, edit and back up. Every change to memory is kept in a journal with its diff and an undo, and memory is tidied once a night. Conversations and memory stay on your computer, and the app sends no analytics.

An agent's memory in Bloks: MEMORY.md and its notes, plain Markdown you can read and edit

MausBot

Each MausBot bot remembers its own thread, and transcripts, keys and events are kept in a folder in your home directory. Long-term memory you can read or edit is not published. Transcripts, credentials and screen images stay on your computer, and its hosted service keeps only account details.

Where MausBot is ahead

Bloks

Bloks's source is public under the Functional Source License, free for any use except selling Bloks, and each release becomes MIT two years after it ships. Bloks for Android is coming. Managed hosting keeps agents on when your laptop is closed.

MausBotBetter

MausBot is Apache 2.0 today, apart from one source-available folder, and has a large following on GitHub. It has an Android app beside its iPhone app, hosted cloud machines priced by computer-hours with plans for teams of up to 20, and a self-hosted Business tier. Teams can be brought in from Markdown, BotMRR or a GitHub link. If those matter most, they are real reasons to choose it.

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Questions

Bloks and MausBot: questions

Is Bloks a MausBot alternative?

Yes. Both run the AI tools you already use as a roster of agents on your own computer, with rooms and computers of their own. Bloks adds undo, memory you can read, more chat apps and an iPhone app on the App Store.

Is MausBot the same as OpenMausBot?

Yes. The app is published as OpenMausBot on GitHub and as MausBot on its site, by Supamaus Software.

Do both work with my Claude or ChatGPT plan?

Yes. Both drive the coding CLIs you already have, so the plan behind your Claude Code or Codex sign-in is the one your agents use. MausBot's plans never include model use. Bloks is free with your own AI, and a paid plan can add an included AI.

Is either open source?

MausBot is Apache 2.0, apart from a source-available enterprise folder. Bloks is source available under the Functional Source License: free for any use, including at work, except selling Bloks, and every release becomes MIT two years after it ships.

Can I move my MausBot bots to Bloks?

Not automatically: Bring your setup reads Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes and OpenBot, not MausBot. Both run the same engines, so a bot's instructions can be pasted into a Bloks agent.

Do they keep working when my computer is off?

MausBot's free use stops, and its paid Cloud plans keep a hosted machine on. Bloks agents pause too, unless they run on a server of yours or on managed hosting.

Sources

Every claim about MausBot on this page was checked against its own pages on 6 November 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us at bloks.dev/support and we will fix it.

  1. mausbot.com
  2. OpenMausBot on GitHub (README, licence)
  3. MausBot pricing
  4. MausBot privacy

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