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Pawss vs Windmill
Windmill provides scripts and internal apps for teams, while Pawss is a personal desktop AI assistant.
PawssAn AI computer agent that sees what you see & works where you work.
WindmillOpen-source platform for scripts, workflows and internal appsWhich to pick
Pick Pawss if you want…
- Privacy-first desktop AI agent
Pick Windmill if you want…
- Code-first internal orchestration
- Team-focused internal app platform
- Open-source code (windmill-labs/windmill on GitHub)
Side by side
- What it is
- Pawss:Pawss is a system-native AI computer agent that safely interacts with your desktop, uses installed apps and resumes work where you left off.
- Windmill:Windmill is an open-source, self-hostable platform for scripts, workflows, apps and data pipelines.
- Best for
- Pawss:Privacy-first desktop AI agent
- Windmill:Code-first internal orchestration
- Who it’s for
- Pawss:Developers and power users who want AI-driven desktop automation without third-party servers.
- Windmill:Engineering teams building internal tools and automation.
- Pricing
- Pawss:Contact sales
- Windmill:Freemium
- Plans
- Pawss:—
- Windmill:Free & Open-source $0/mo · Enterprise $120/mo per month · Developer seat $170/mo per month · Operator seat $20/mo/dev per month · Operator seat (external JWT) $10/mo/op per month
- Open source
- Pawss:—
- Windmill:Yes, 18,140 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Pawss:—
- Windmill:Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL, PHP, React, Svelte
Pawss features
- System-native agent. Runs directly on your computer without needing external MCP servers or APIs.
- App interaction. Can launch and control installed applications as part of its workflows.
- Context awareness. Understands your current desktop context to act appropriately.
- Work-session resume. Remembers where you stopped and continues tasks automatically.
- Privacy focused. All processing stays on-device, keeping your data private.
Windmill features
- Multi-language scripts. Run Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL, PHP and more as API endpoints with full code control.
- Visual DAG workflows. Design dependency graphs in a flow editor or as code, with retries, approvals and parallel branches.
- Low-code app builder. Create React or Svelte front-ends with drag-and-drop and code, backed by existing scripts and flows.
- AI agent integration. Connect to 12+ LLM providers or your own OpenAI-compatible endpoint to run scripts as agent tools.
- Built-in observability. Each run logs inputs, outputs, traces and metrics; alerts can be sent to Slack, Teams or email.
- Git-based collaboration. Workspaces fork like Git branches; changes are reviewed, merged and deployed to staging and prod.
- Self-hosted infra. Deploy via Docker, Fargate or Kubernetes with YAML-defined worker groups and autoscaling.
- Enterprise security. Supports SSO, SAML/SCIM, audit logs, SOC 2 Type II and external secret backends.
Pawss vs Windmill FAQ
Is Pawss or Windmill free?+
Windmill has a free plan (Free & Open-source); paid plans start at $120/month (Enterprise).
Is Pawss or Windmill open source?+
Windmill is open source (windmill-labs/windmill on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Pawss.
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