# Boski vs Hermes Agent (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Boski's 26.2 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Boski: F 26.2, rank #981 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.min.md
- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Boski, good for People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.
- Hermes Agent, good for A technical owner who wants one always-on agent across chat apps with memory and scheduled jobs, on their own machine or a small server, with any model. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 25; Schema & documentation, 80 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 13; Security & auth, 75 against 45; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Maintenance & community, 84 against 23. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Boski | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 13 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 23 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boski | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Boski, Inc. | Nous Research |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 253k stars |