Personal assistants · AI agent
Rakazo: review, pricing, security and alternatives
Rakazo is an open-source AI agent published by elie222, in the personal assistants family. Rakazo provides a self-hosted AI assistant with a choice of language model and sandbox environment for its tasks. Its repository has 5,574 stars and its last commit is from October 24, 2026.
What Rakazo does
Rakazo belongs to the personal assistants family: general-purpose agents, often self-hosted and driven from a messaging app, that act for you on your files, accounts and services. On our grid it ranks #10 of the 46 projects of this family listed in the directory.
Who is Rakazo for?
It targets individuals and freelancers who want an assistant able to act for them day to day, often from a messaging app. Typical tasks people give it:
- sort e-mail and draft replies
- manage a calendar and reminders
- look up information and summarise it
- run small recurring tasks
It is a good candidate if your data must stay on your machines.
Access and human control
Its documentation does not detail the access granted to the agent: check the settings before connecting it to your accounts.
We could not establish whether it asks for human approval before sensitive actions: test it first on an unimportant account or folder.
Rakazo pricing
The code is free, under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Getting started with Rakazo
- Install it: the project ships as a Node.js package (install with
npm, or run directly withnpx). The exact command is in the repository README. - Create an API key with the model provider and put it in an environment variable, never in a shared or versioned file.
- Give it a first playground with nothing at stake: a test folder, a secondary account or a throwaway project. Only open your real accounts once you have seen how it behaves.
- Give it a short, checkable task, review the result and its action log, then raise the difficulty step by step.
Security: risk level
A personal assistant often combines access to private data, reading outside content and sending messages: the combination that enables data leaks through prompt injection.
Three habits: least privilege (minimal rights, dedicated keys), human approval for irreversible actions, a sandbox for code execution. The AI agent security check reviews your setup in a few minutes.
Project activity and releases
Created on August 13, 2026, the elie222/rakazo repository has 5,574 stars, 983 forks and 36 open issues, with 1,796 commits in total. It received changes this month.
Over the last 52 weeks: 1,742 commits, an average of 33.5 per week.
12 releases in total; 11 in the last twelve months. Latest release: v0.3.3, on October 22, 2026.
Rakazo vs other personal assistants
GitHub stars of the best-rated open-source projects in the personal assistants family. Stars measure attention, not quality: a heavily promoted project collects them fast, a specialised tool will have few.
Rakazo and other personal assistants at a glance
The 7 best-ranked agents in the same family, 7 of them open source. The score out of 100 only applies to open-source projects; for proprietary services we show the published entry price. A dash marks information the documentation does not state.
| Agent | Model | Score | Stars or entry price | Self-hostable | Human approval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakazo | open source | 76 | 5.6K ★ | yes | – |
| OpenClaw | open source | 95 | 392.9K ★ | yes | – |
| Hermes Agent | open source | 90 | 256.7K ★ | yes | – |
| nanobot | open source | 87 | 49.3K ★ | yes | – |
| CowAgent | open source | 87 | 47.6K ★ | yes | – |
| QwenPaw | open source | 86 | 36K ★ | yes | – |
| ZeroClaw | open source | 85 | 33K ★ | yes | – |
| OpenHuman | open source | 82 | 42.3K ★ | yes | – |
How we rated it
Score: 76/100, computed only from public, verifiable data, with no subjective testing or partnership:
- Adoption 21/40: 5,574 stars on a log scale (40 points from about 200,000).
- Activity 30/30: last commit less than a month ago, 11 releases in six months, 1,742 commits in a year.
- Framework 25/30: licence, default human approval, self-hosting, model choice and documentation site.
The score does not say whether the agent will succeed at your tasks: it measures how solid the project is. The full grid is on the method page.
Verdict
Rakazo is a serious option; check the limitations below before granting it access.
Strengths
- Very active development
- Frequent releases (11 in a year)
- Can run on your side: data under control
- Free choice of model
- Permissive licence (Apache-2.0)
Alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
Is Rakazo free?
The software is free (Apache-2.0 licence). You still pay for the model calls, unless you use a local model.
Is Rakazo safe?
Our risk level: low. Give it minimum rights and approve irreversible actions.
Which models does Rakazo use?
According to its documentation: any OpenAI-compatible model.
Can Rakazo be installed on your own server?
Yes, from the elie222/rakazo repository. Data then stays with you, but security and updates are your job.
What are the alternatives to Rakazo?
In the same family: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, nanobot, and CowAgent.
Rakazo or OpenClaw: what is the difference?
Both belong to the personal assistants family. Rakazo has 5.6K stars against 392.9K for OpenClaw. The right choice mostly depends on the access you are willing to give it.
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