Head to head
Local vs hostaway-kit
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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Let ChatGPT, Claude & Cursor use your Mac: email, calendar, iMessage, Teams, files. Local, free.
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Read-only Hostaway MCP: listings, calendar, inbox, reports. Fixtures, no key. By STYLABS.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours hostaway-kit (85/100 against 68). Local is hosted and callable through the gateway; hostaway-kit runs on your own machine. Local has noticeably more public adoption.
| Local | hostaway-kit | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C68/100 | A85/100 |
| Adoption | Established | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 55 | 0 |
| Downloads / week | 2.0k | 29 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 11 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | NOASSERTION | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-08-31 |
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