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OpenLIT compared with DashClaw
DetailOpenLIT logo OpenLITDashClaw logo DashClaw
What it doesOpen-source agent harness engineering platform built on OpenTelemetry An approval layer for unattended AI agents that halts risky actions for human approval before execution
StageStartup Not given
Founded2024 Not given
Based inIN Not given
Pricing modelOpen source Freemium
PricingOpen source (Apache 2.0): Free self-hosted with unlimited usage. Enterprise Edition: Contact sales for pricing. Cloud: Coming soon. Self-hosted: Free (MIT licensed). Hosted Indie: $49/mo (2 seats, monthly governed-action ceiling, 30-day retention, email support). Hosted Team: $199/mo (10 seats, higher governed-action ceiling, 90-day retention, org-scoped rate limits, priority support).
Key features
  • OpenTelemetry-native LLM tracing for every call, tool, and retrieval
  • Agent evals with LLM-as-a-judge and heuristics
  • Prompt Hub for versioning and deployment without code changes
  • Guardrails for prompt injection, jailbreak, and sensitive topic detection
  • Vault for encrypted API key management
  • OpenGround for side-by-side LLM model comparison
  • GPU monitoring for utilization, memory, temperature, and power
  • Coding agent observability for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
  • Cost tracking and latency monitoring
  • 56+ integrations with LLMs, frameworks, and vector databases
  • Intercepts risky agent actions before execution
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenClaw, and MCP
  • Policy-based risk scoring and decision making
  • Remote approvals from phone or browser
  • Signed audit ledger with replayable records
  • Calibrated interruptions that reduce false positives
  • Enforcement liveness monitoring via synthetic probes
  • Self-hosted (MIT licensed) or managed hosting options
  • Approvals inbox with decision ledger and policies
  • Agent defense documentation with assumptions and shields
What makes it different
  • Self-host free forever under Apache 2.0 with unlimited usage and no per-trace fees
  • OpenTelemetry-native traces exportable to Grafana, Datadog, or any OTLP backend
  • Zero-code instrumentation with eBPF controller, native SDKs, or GPU collector
  • Unified platform for traces, evals, guardrails, and prompts on the same production data
  • Full data ownership and no vendor lock-in with exportable OpenTelemetry traces
  • Only approval layer that protects unattended runs that walk away
  • Signed ledger with replayable audit records and explicit signature verification
  • Self-hosted with no infrastructure lock-in or vendor dependency
  • Learns from your approvals to reduce interruptions automatically
  • Honest about enforcement boundaries across different integrations
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)63 −2 (down) since last check8 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)233
Citation Flow (Majestic)3930
Referring domains (Majestic)48388

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