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Hamster vs IWE
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Search and manage Hamster briefs, tasks, plans, and knowledge; trigger delivery from your agent.
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Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (98 and 94 out of 100). Hamster is hosted and callable through the gateway; IWE runs on your own machine. IWE has noticeably more public adoption.
| Hamster | IWE | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A98/100 | A94/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 9 | 1.7k |
| Downloads / week | – | 136 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | AI and agents | AI and agents |