How Ghost Compares
The short version
Section titled “The short version”Ghost at a glance
Section titled “Ghost at a glance”These are facts about what Ghost is and does today (v1.3.0):
| Ghost in the Droid | |
|---|---|
| License | Open source, MIT |
| Where it runs | Your machine + your phones/emulators — local-first, no cloud dependency |
| Cost per device | $0 — it’s your hardware and your ADB connection |
| Device access | Real Android phones over ADB (USB or TCP), no root required |
| Emulators | Docker+KVM emulator pool for parallel/headless runs |
| How agents drive it | 41 MCP tools over stdio or HTTP — works with any MCP client |
| The brain | Model-agnostic: 6 providers — Claude, GPT, Gemini, local Ollama/vLLM, or on-device |
| On-device option | Run the model inside the phone — nothing leaves the device |
| Reusability | Skill system — record automations once, replay them |
| Observability | Built-in tracing of every turn, tool call, and token |
| Benchmarking | Ghost Bench — objective, ADB-verified task success |
Where Ghost fits
Section titled “Where Ghost fits”Comparison table pending marketing copy.
When Ghost is the right choice
Section titled “When Ghost is the right choice”Pending marketing copy.
Related
Section titled “Related”- MCP Server — the 41 tools agents call
- MCP Clients — every client that can drive Ghost
- LLM Providers — bring any model, cloud or local
- On-Device LLM — the fully-offline story