{ "data": { "a": { "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": 263, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.6", "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": 4, "avgRating": 2.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.6", "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, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-12", "maintenance": "2026-10-12", "payments": "2026-10-12", "reliability": "2026-10-12", "schema": "2026-10-12", "security": "2026-10-12", "transparency": "2026-10-12" }, "last": "2026-10-12", "oldest": "2026-10-12", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "v0.22.2", "released": "2026-10-15", "seenAt": "2026-10-21T06:00:14.322385365Z" } ], "githubStars": 255656, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://nousresearch.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:59:37.848306168Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T14:34:06.470049723Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "nousresearch.com", "registered": "2023-03-22", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/nousresearch.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:42:58.112373297Z" }, "github": { "repo": "nousresearch/hermes-agent", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:33:15.991402324Z", "stars": 255017, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T06:33:13Z", "openIssues": 16125, "openPRs": 33855, "issuesOpened90d": 19362, "issuesClosed90d": 10755, "prsMerged90d": 10465, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 16, "failure": 0, "other": 34, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-19T04:25:01Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T15:59:37.848306168Z" } }, "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "lobby-os", "name": "Lobby", "vendor": "Lobby OS, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://thelobby.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Lobby is a hosted email assistant from Lobby OS, Inc. It learns how its owner handles mail and prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear and HubSpot for approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json", "license": "Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "A person signs up on the web (https://thelobby.ai/signup, a separate app at in.thelobby.ai). Gmail and Google Calendar connect through Google's OAuth 2.0, and each integration can be disconnected from settings (https://thelobby.ai/privacy). No API, MCP server or other interface for an outside agent was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "US$50 a month paid monthly or US$42 a month paid annually, with unlimited emails and calendars and a 50+ tools add-on (https://thelobby.ai/ and https://thelobby.ai/llms.txt). The terms say every plan has a 7-day free trial and nothing is charged until it ends. Whether the trial needs a card wasn't established. Checked 21 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$50 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on thelobby.ai, its llms.txt, terms or privacy policy, checked 21 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-21" }, "llmsTxt": "https://thelobby.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.proactive", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "trial", "llms-txt", "not-for-agents" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Lobby 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": 11.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1182, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 41, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-21" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.", "disclosure": "Lobby 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": [ "The terms say nothing is sent, booked or updated until the owner explicitly approves it.", "The terms and privacy policy agree on no model training and deletion within 30 days of account closure.", "Public prices of US$50 a month, or US$42 a month billed annually, with a 7-day free trial in the terms.", "An llms.txt that describes the product, connections, approval model and prices." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No status page, changelog, release notes or security.txt found on 21 October 2026.", "The privacy policy names no model provider, and the sign-up app's Bubble hosting and Hotjar and PostHog scripts aren't named as processors.", "The home page's 92% prediction accuracy and other figures are the vendor's, with no method published." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.", "Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.", "Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 11.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 38 }, "provenanceScore": 47, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-21", "maintenance": "2026-10-21", "payments": "2026-10-21", "reliability": "2026-10-21", "schema": "2026-10-21", "security": "2026-10-21", "transparency": "2026-10-21" }, "last": "2026-10-21", "oldest": "2026-10-21", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lobby-os" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lobby, monthly billing", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "Checked 21 October 2026." }, { "item": "Lobby, annual billing", "unit": "month", "usd": 42, "note": "Per month, billed annually." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lobby OS, Inc.", "domain": "thelobby.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://thelobby.ai/terms_of_use", "privacy": "https://thelobby.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-21", "notes": [ "Terms of Use and Privacy Policy both last updated 26 March 2026.", "thelobby.ai/.well-known/security.txt, /changelog, /docs and /pricing return 404. status.thelobby.ai doesn't resolve.", "The domain's registration date wasn't established (rdap.org had no answer for .ai)." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nous Research", "b": "Lobby OS, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-11", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "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": "253k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.8/5 (4)", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Lobby?" }, { "answer": "Hermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Lobby.", "question": "Are Hermes Agent and Lobby open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 57 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 43" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.", "slug": "lobby-os", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "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-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-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-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-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Del vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "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-hermes-agent.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/boski-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Boski vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/caddy-app-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Caddy vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "folk vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "folk vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/gaia-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "GAIA vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/haven-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Haven vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "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/instinct-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Instinct vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Leon vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Lindy vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "asaply vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Brea vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Del vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Lobby vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura.json", "title": "Lobby vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Lobby vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Lobby vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Lobby vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lobby vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.json", "title": "Lobby vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke.json", "title": "Lobby vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn.json", "title": "Lobby vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town.json", "title": "Lobby vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Lobby vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Lobby vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Lobby vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Lobby vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Asmi vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Atticus vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Atticus vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Boba vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os" }, { "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" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Lobby vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Lobby vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 42, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 57, "key": "reliability", "lobby-os": 15, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 70, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "schema", "lobby-os": 10, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 80, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "ergonomics", "lobby-os": 0, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 75, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 75, "key": "security", "lobby-os": 0, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 60, "key": "payments", "lobby-os": 20, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 82, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 84, "key": "maintenance", "lobby-os": 2, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 63, "key": "transparency", "lobby-os": 43, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "lobby-os": "Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- Hermes Agent: grade B, 67.9/100, rank #263 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json\n- Lobby: grade F, 11.1/100, rank #1182 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1006 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5\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### Lobby (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.\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\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hermes Agent | Lobby | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 15 | Hermes Agent +42 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 10 | Hermes Agent +70 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 0 | Hermes Agent +80 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 0 | Hermes Agent +75 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Hermes Agent +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 2 | Hermes Agent +82 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 43 | Hermes Agent +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.9 · B** | **11.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hermes Agent | Lobby |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | Nous Research | Lobby OS, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-11 | none |\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 | 253k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Lobby.** Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Lobby\n\n1. Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.\n2. Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.\n3. Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Lobby?\n\nHermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Hermes Agent and Lobby open source?\n\nHermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Lobby.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-lobby-os.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hermes-agent\", \"b\": \"lobby-os\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hermes-agent lobby-os`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Hermes Agent or Lobby\n\n- [asaply vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Asmi vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Brea vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.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 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Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [folk vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [folk vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [GAIA vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [GAIA vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Haven vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Haven vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lobby-os.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 Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tasker-ai.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- [Instinct vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Leon vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lindy vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lobby vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [asaply vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Brea vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Del vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lobby-os.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- [HireAlpha vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Lobby vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Lobby vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-natura.md)\n- [Lobby vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Lobby vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Lobby vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Lobby vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lobby vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-pally.md)\n- [Lobby vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lobby vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-szn.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Lobby vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-town.md)\n- [Lobby vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Lobby vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Lobby vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Lobby vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Asmi vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Atticus vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Atticus vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Boba vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Lobby vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lobby vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Lobby competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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