{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "folk-nozomio", "name": "folk", "vendor": "Nozomio, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.folk.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "folk is an AI assistant that texts its owner over iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp to keep habits, workouts, study and money goals on track. Each user gets a cloud computer, persistent memory and connected apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json", "license": "Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-up at folk.com, then folk is a contact in iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp (https://www.folk.com/llms.txt). Google apps can be connected with read-only access, so folk can see but never send, edit or delete, and banks connect read-only through Plaid (https://www.folk.com/privacy and https://www.folk.com/llms.txt). Owners can bring their own Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter keys (https://www.folk.com/pricing.md).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 \"forever. No card\", with unlimited messages under fair use, 3 background jobs and 10 minutes of calls a week. Pro is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, $5 a month in many countries, with unlimited background jobs and 120 minutes of calls a month (https://www.folk.com/pricing.md, checked 14 October 2026). The terms list folk max at $99.99 a month or $799.99 a year on the US App Store (https://www.folk.com/terms). llms.txt gives the free tier as 20 messages a day and Max as $100 a month.", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on folk.com, llms.txt, pricing.md or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.folk.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.folk.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "voice.calls", "memory.user", "tasks.create", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "security-txt", "llms-txt", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "folk competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 19.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 993, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 30, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 3, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.", "bestFor": "People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.", "disclosure": "folk competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "Free forever with no card, per pricing.md.", "The privacy policy says data is never sold or used to train AI models.", "The subprocessor page names each provider with its region.", "Google apps can connect read-only, and folk says it never moves money on its own.", "security.txt is published and valid to 13 April 2027." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "llms.txt gives 20 messages a day and Max at $100, while pricing.md says unlimited messages and the terms say $99.99.", "llms.txt says there's no App Store app, while the App Store lists folk's iOS app since 7 October 2026.", "No status page or changelog found.", "security.txt names only a general support address." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.", "Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 19.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 3, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/folk-nozomio" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "folk Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Or $99.99 a year. $5 a month in many countries. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "folk Max (US App Store)", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "Or $799.99 a year, per the terms." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nozomio, Inc.", "domain": "folk.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-07-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.folk.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.folk.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Nozomio, Inc. and were last updated on 8 September 2026, governed by Delaware law. llms.txt calls the maker Nozomio Labs.", "security.txt is valid until 13 April 2027.", "No status page or changelog was found.", "The folk CRM at folk.app is a different company and product (data/tools/folk.json).", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1995-07-30 for folk.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.json" }, "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "hermes-agent", "name": "Hermes Agent", "vendor": "Nous Research", "vendorUrl": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Open-source personal agent from Nous Research that the owner runs on a computer or server. It answers on messaging apps, keeps memory between sessions, runs scheduled jobs and connects to accounts, models and MCP servers the owner configures.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "nousresearch/hermes-agent" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account of its own. Model and channel keys go in `~/.hermes/.env` or come from Bitwarden, 1Password or a command helper at start-up. Google Workspace, MCP servers and Nous Portal sign in by OAuth, with tokens stored under `~/.hermes/`. The optional API server takes a bearer key set in `API_SERVER_KEY`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence. The owner pays the model provider chosen, or nothing with a local model. Nous Portal plans ($0, $20, $100 and $200 a month in credits) and Hermes Cloud hosting ($0.51 a day running on the Standard size, plus inference) are optional and sold separately.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on Hermes Agent's own interfaces. An optional skill lets the agent pay other services over MPP, which is a client and not a way to pay for Hermes (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 253000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "python", "docker", "llms-txt", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 244, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 80, "security": 75, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-08. The v0.21.6 release notes list six security fixes, among them a native sign-in flaw that could send login codes to a non-loopback redirect and a quoted display name in the `From` header that affected the email gateway's sender check. SECURITY.md counts unauthorised access to an external surface as in scope, yet the repository shows no published advisory, so owners on older versions have no advisory to act on. Fixed and described in the notes, -3. https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v0.21.6; https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Every saved-card fill asks for approval, and cron, webhook and API sessions are refused because nobody can confirm", "The messaging gateway denies all senders until an allowlist or a pairing code approved on the CLI is in place", "The docs say no telemetry, usage data or analytics is collected, and conversations, memory and skills stay in `~/.hermes/`", "SECURITY.md states that in-process checks are not a boundary and names OS-level isolation as the only one", "Ten releases between 19 August and 11 October 2026, the latest v0.21.7 on 11 October" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default terminal backend runs commands on the host, and the default `smart` mode lets an auxiliary model approve commands it rates low-risk", "The Google Workspace skill requests full Gmail, Calendar and Drive scopes, and its confirm-before-sending rule is an instruction in SKILL.md, not enforced in code", "Memory writes are saved without approval by default (`memory.write_approval: false`), including from a background review after each turn", "Release v0.21.6 of 8 October 2026 lists six security fixes and the repository has no published security advisory", "15,102 open issues and more than 5,000 open pull requests on 12 October 2026", "The Nous Portal terms grant Nous a licence to train models on customer data when the Portal is the model provider" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `approvals.mode: manual` before giving it real accounts. The default `smart` lets an auxiliary model approve commands", "Run the gateway with `terminal.backend: docker` or the project's Docker image when it reads mail, web pages or group chats", "Set `memory.write_approval: true` and `skills.write_approval: true` to review what it saves about the owner", "Leave `approvals.cron_mode` and `approvals.unattended_mode` at `deny` for scheduled and webhook runs", "Set `TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS` or the matching allowlist per channel. Never set `GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 80, "security": 75, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash # then: hermes setup", "headless": { "command": "hermes chat -q \"$TASK\" --format stream-json --max-turns 30" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hermes-agent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nous Research, Inc.", "domain": "nousresearch.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The site footer reads Nous Research, Inc., and the Nous Portal terms name it as a Delaware corporation.", "No terms or privacy link is given. The Nous Portal terms and privacy policy (both dated 28 September 2026) govern the optional Portal and Hermes Cloud services, not the software the owner runs under the MIT licence, so the licence stands in.", "hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. SECURITY.md in the repository gives security@nousresearch.com and GitHub private reporting.", "No status page applies to software the owner runs. None was looked for on the Portal.", "The domain registration date was not looked up." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.json", "live": { "slug": "hermes-agent", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "NousResearch/hermes-agent", "version": "v0.21.7", "released": "2026-10-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:01:14.428575735Z" } ], "githubStars": 253472, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://nousresearch.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:55.313190189Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:44.702877286Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T23:01:14.428575735Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nozomio, Inc.", "b": "Nous Research", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026).", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-12", "b": "2026-10-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "253k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, folk or Hermes Agent?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for folk. Hermes Agent is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are folk and Hermes Agent open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.", "slug": "folk-nozomio", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 57 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 3", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 35" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "hermes-agent", "watchFor": "The default terminal backend runs commands on the host, and the default `smart` mode lets an auxiliary model approve commands it rates low-risk" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "asaply vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "asaply vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Asmi vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Asmi vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boba vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Boba vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Brea vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Brea vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Del vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Del vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "folk vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "folk vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.json", "title": "folk vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.json", "title": "folk vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "folk vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.json", "title": "folk vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "AstrBot vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boski vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Boski vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Caddy vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Caddy vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "CowAgent vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.json", "title": "folk vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "folk vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "folk vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven.json", "title": "folk vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.json", "title": "folk vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "folk vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon.json", "title": "folk vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy.json", "title": "folk vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "folk vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "folk vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "folk vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "folk vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "folk vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.json", "title": "folk vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "folk vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.json", "title": "folk vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "folk vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "folk vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "GAIA vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Haven vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-leon.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura.json", "title": "folk vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.json", "title": "folk vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.json", "title": "folk vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo.json", "title": "folk vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-natura.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.json", "title": "folk vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 32, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 25, "hermes-agent": 57, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 70, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 10, "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 80, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 0, "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 72, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 3, "hermes-agent": 75, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 30, "hermes-agent": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 49, "edge": "hermes-agent", "folk-nozomio": 35, "hermes-agent": 84, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "folk-nozomio", "folk-nozomio": 67, "hermes-agent": 63, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "verdicts": { "folk-nozomio": "folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- folk: grade F, 19.8/100, rank #993 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json\n- Hermes Agent: grade B, 67.9/100, rank #244 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### folk (F)\n\nGood for: People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Hermes Agent (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 57 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 3\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch 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\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | folk | Hermes Agent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 57 | Hermes Agent +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 80 | Hermes Agent +70 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 80 | Hermes Agent +80 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 3 | 75 | Hermes Agent +72 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | Hermes Agent +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 84 | Hermes Agent +49 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 63 | folk +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **19.8 · F** | **67.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | folk | Hermes Agent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | Nous Research |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-11 |\n| Terms last updated | | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | none | 253k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**folk.** folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### folk\n\n1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.\n2. Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits.\n\n### Hermes Agent\n\n1. Set `approvals.mode: manual` before giving it real accounts. The default `smart` lets an auxiliary model approve commands\n2. Run the gateway with `terminal.backend: docker` or the project's Docker image when it reads mail, web pages or group chats\n3. Set `memory.write_approval: true` and `skills.write_approval: true` to review what it saves about the owner\n4. Leave `approvals.cron_mode` and `approvals.unattended_mode` at `deny` for scheduled and webhook runs\n5. Set `TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS` or the matching allowlist per channel. Never set `GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, folk or Hermes Agent?\n\nHermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are folk and Hermes Agent open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for folk. Hermes Agent is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"folk-nozomio\", \"b\": \"hermes-agent\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare folk-nozomio hermes-agent`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/folk-nozomio.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json\n\n## Other comparisons with folk or Hermes Agent\n\n- [asaply vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [asaply vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Asmi vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Asmi vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Brea vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Brea vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Del vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [folk vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [folk vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [folk vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.md)\n- [folk vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [folk vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.md)\n- [folk vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boski vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boski vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Caddy vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Caddy vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [folk vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.md)\n- [folk vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [folk vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-haven.md)\n- [folk vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-instinct.md)\n- [folk vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-leon.md)\n- [folk vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lindy.md)\n- [folk vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [folk vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [folk vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [folk vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.md)\n- [folk vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [folk vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.md)\n- [folk vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [folk vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [GAIA vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Haven vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-leon.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [folk vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-natura.md)\n- [folk vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.md)\n- [folk vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.md)\n- [folk vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-natura.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [folk vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- folk competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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