# DeepTutor vs Hermes Agent

> Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) to DeepTutor's 62.7 (B) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepTutor leads on reliability. Both do assistants that remember you.

- DeepTutor: grade B, 62.7/100, rank #494 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json
- Hermes Agent: grade B, 68.2/100, rank #255 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### DeepTutor (B)

Good for: A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 78 against 57

Watch for: The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials

### Hermes Agent (B)

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:
- Schema & documentation, 80 against 71
- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 63
- Security & auth, 75 against 51
- Transparency & trust, 67 against 52

Watch for: The default terminal backend runs commands on the host, and the default `smart` mode lets an auxiliary model approve commands it rates low-risk


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | DeepTutor | Hermes Agent | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 57 | DeepTutor +21 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 80 | Hermes Agent +9 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 80 | Hermes Agent +17 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 75 | Hermes Agent +24 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 84 | even |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 67 | Hermes Agent +15 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **68.2 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | DeepTutor | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | HKUDS | Nous Research |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | 51k stars | 253k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**DeepTutor.** DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.

**Hermes Agent.** Card payments always ask first and are refused in unattended sessions, and the messaging gateway denies every sender until an allowlist is set. Shell commands run on the host by default with a model judging risk, and sending mail through the Google Workspace skill is held back only by an instruction to the model.

## Before you call either

### DeepTutor

1. Run `deeptutor run <capability> "..." --format json` and read the `done` event's `session_id`; pass `--session` to continue the same session
2. Configure with `deeptutor config apply setup.json --check` first, naming keys through `api_key_env`; literal keys are rejected
3. Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in `auth.json`, set exact `cors_origins` and set `BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1` where loopback is wanted
4. Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)
5. Set `sandbox_allow_subprocess` to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap

### Hermes Agent

1. Set `approvals.mode: manual` before giving it real accounts. The default `smart` lets an auxiliary model approve commands
2. Run the gateway with `terminal.backend: docker` or the project's Docker image when it reads mail, web pages or group chats
3. Set `memory.write_approval: true` and `skills.write_approval: true` to review what it saves about the owner
4. Leave `approvals.cron_mode` and `approvals.unattended_mode` at `deny` for scheduled and webhook runs
5. Set `TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS` or the matching allowlist per channel. Never set `GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true`

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or Hermes Agent?

Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DeepTutor's 62.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepTutor leads on reliability.

### Are DeepTutor and Hermes Agent open source?

Yes. DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). Hermes Agent is open source (MIT).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hermes-agent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hermes-agent.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deeptutor", "b": "hermes-agent"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deeptutor hermes-agent`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json

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