Koshra vs Turnstone
Turnstone is a Mac app that runs a team of AI agents on your computer. Koshra is a self-hosted web app that runs a team of AI employees on a server. Both are built around a team, a shared brain and human approval.
Compared on 2 November 2026 from the public pages of Turnstone, linked below, with the model cards behind Koshra's free open-weight models. Features change fast; check the sources for the latest. We only compared ideas and public facts.
| Area | Koshra | Turnstone |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Self-hosted server, always on, any browser | Mac app; schedules run while the Mac is awake. Cloud listed as coming soon |
| Team setup | Dispatcher with a plan card and countdown; one owner bot per task | A Chief of Staff agent sets up the team and hands work between agents; you approve each handoff |
| Shared memory | Brain edited as text with versioned undo, plus memory per bot | Brain of Markdown files, shared and per agent, built from email and calendar; replies show which files were read |
| Approvals | Allow, Ask or Block per tool, approval cards, per-bot modes, CRM guard rails | Four modes: Read Only, Ask First, Always Allow, Full Access; review cards |
| Models | Model per bot, mid-chat switch, backup chain, cost on every reply; free open-weight models or your own key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, MiniMax or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint | Bring your ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok or Cursor plan, OpenRouter, Ollama or API keys; switch mid-chat |
| Apps and tools | MCP servers and app connections, locked down per bot | 60+ built-in apps, a browser per agent, Mac apps including iMessage and WhatsApp |
| Source | Self-hosted; built on an Apache 2.0 open source base; commercial terms: talk to us | Closed source, no self-hosting |
Where Koshra is ahead
- Runs on a server around the clock, so routines keep going when your laptop sleeps
- You own the stack: self-hosted next to your own tools and data and built on open source, where Turnstone is closed source with no self-hosting
- Rule-level approvals per tool and space, with CRM deletes blocked and bulk changes held
Where Koshra is behind
- Turnstone works with the AI plans people already pay for; plan sign-in for Koshra is coming soon
- Turnstone ships 60+ apps and a browser per agent; Koshra's app catalog and visible browser are coming soon
- Turnstone is public, with one-click download, docs and an academy; Koshra is in private preview with no self-serve sign-up
- Turnstone has a native Mac app with polish to match
Which to pick
If you want a team of agents on your Mac today, with a wide app catalog and the AI plans you already pay for, Turnstone is further along. If you want an always-on team on a server you control, with approvals on every outbound step, Koshra fits. Book a demo to see it on your work.
Sources
- Turnstone facts
- Turnstone changelog
- Turnstone llms.txt
- NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra model card (open weights)
- dots3-note preview model card (Apache 2.0)
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