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Agent Cafe Idle Hour vs Lockstep
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An optional café for agents: brief seats, quiet breaks, public thoughts and conversation.
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Decision memory for AI coding agents: captures decisions once, briefs every agent before it acts.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Lockstep (91/100 against 81). Agent Cafe Idle Hour is hosted and callable through the gateway; Lockstep runs on your own machine. Lockstep has noticeably more public adoption.
| Agent Cafe Idle Hour | Lockstep | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B81/100 | A91/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 10 |
| Downloads / week | – | 175 |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 7 | 19 |
| Write actions | 1 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | — | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | AI and agents | AI and agents |