Each system brings one orthogonal component no other has:
OpenClaw: 24+ channels from one process, no message bus. NanoClaw: transparent IPC proxy bus — the agent calls tools thinking they're local. Muaddib: QEMU micro-VMs where API keys physically cannot enter the sandbox. ElizaOS: character.json + 90-plugin marketplace.
The rest is filler. The six patterns below compare how each system handles the same problem — and which orthogonal component shapes their answer. See also: multi-tenancy analysis | routing deep dive | isolation spectrum | Kanipi (the ideal agent assembled from NanoClaw + OpenClaw).
OpenClaw: 24+ channels from one process, no message bus. NanoClaw: transparent IPC proxy bus — the agent calls tools thinking they're local. Muaddib: QEMU micro-VMs where API keys physically cannot enter the sandbox. ElizaOS: character.json + 90-plugin marketplace.
The rest is filler. The six patterns below compare how each system handles the same problem — and which orthogonal component shapes their answer. See also: multi-tenancy analysis | routing deep dive | isolation spectrum | Kanipi (the ideal agent assembled from NanoClaw + OpenClaw).