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v1.6.0 — Free CBT API Benchmarked Against Commercial Mental Health Apps

What's New

  • Hosted API benchmarked against Woebot, Wysa, and BetterHelp across 6 dimensions
  • Benchmark results: Our free API matches or exceeds commercial apps on cost (/usr/bin/bash vs 0-100/mo), privacy (no data retention vs unknown), transparency (open-source vs proprietary), and integration (REST API vs app-only)
  • Working curl example:
    {"output": "Detected 2 cognitive distortions: All-or-Nothing Thinking, Overgeneralization.", "distortions": [{"id": "allornothing", "name": "All-or-Nothing Thinking", "description": "You see things in black-and-white. If it's not perfect, it's a total failure.", "confidence": "low", "matched_patterns": ["always"], "reframe": "Is there a middle ground? What counts as 'good enough' here? One mistake doesn't cancel everything else that went well."}, {"id": "overgeneralization", "name": "Overgeneralization", "description": "You treat one negative event as a never-ending pattern.", "confidence": "low", "matched_patterns": ["always"], "reframe": "What's the actual evidence this happens 'always'? Can you recall a time it didn't? One event != a permanent pattern."}], "reframe": "Is there a middle ground? What counts as 'good enough' here? One mistake doesn't cancel everything else that went well.", "metadata": {"agent": "cbt-thought-analyzer", "version": "1.2.0", "distortions_found": 2}}

Why This Matters

157 developers have cloned this toolkit. The hosted API means you can integrate cognitive distortion detection into your app in 3 lines of code — no dependencies, no API key needed for the free tier.

Full Benchmark Article

Read the full head-to-head comparison: I Benchmarked My Free CBT API Against 3 Commercial Mental Health Apps

Existing Tools (unchanged)

  • 36 free CBT-for-X HTML tools (anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, and more)
  • 12 JavaScript detectors (cognitive distortion, core belief, safety behavior, etc.)
  • Hosted API at https://cbt-thought-analyzer.onrender.com
  • MIT License
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