{ "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": 68.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 255, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 80, "security": 75, "transparency": 67 }, "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": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 80, "security": 75, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 61, "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", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "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": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.json", "live": { "slug": "hermes-agent", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "NousResearch/hermes-agent", "version": "v0.22.5", "released": "2026-10-23", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:18:35.818301971Z" } ], "githubStars": 258739, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://nousresearch.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:25.370299751Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:07:40.056329241Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "nousresearch.com", "registered": "2023-03-22", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/nousresearch.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:03:35.416971004Z" }, "github": { "repo": "nousresearch/hermes-agent", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:50:19.884182041Z", "stars": 257158, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T07:50:07Z", "openIssues": 17192, "openPRs": 33990, "issuesOpened90d": 19522, "issuesClosed90d": 10589, "prsMerged90d": 10477, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 32, "failure": 1, "other": 17, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-26T07:44:28Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:25.370299751Z" } }, "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDuet's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "openduet", "name": "OpenDuet", "vendor": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/openduet", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json", "repo": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet", "license": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The owner runs it from a clone. With no identity provider configured it runs as one fixed administrator with no sign-in and listens only on this machine (`OPENBOT_SINGLE_USER`, refused on a public address); configuring a provider turns sign-in on. The server will not start without `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, a project key for CopilotKit Intelligence obtained through `npx copilotkit@latest login`, which opens a browser sign-in. A model key (OpenAI by default, Anthropic optional) goes in `.env`. Gmail and Calendar need a Google OAuth client an administrator registers, then each person connects their own account. An outside agent can be registered as a Bot over AG-UI (`type: remote-ag-ui`) with an optional write-only authorisation header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The repository is free under MIT. It needs CopilotKit Intelligence, which is free on the Developer plan (no card, 1,000 interactions a month hosted, or a Developer Edition for local non-production use on a renewable 30-day licence); pay as you go is $49 a month per organisation with 10,000 interactions, then graduated rates not shown on the pricing page. Model usage is billed by the model provider (https://www.copilotkit.ai/pricing, https://docs.copilotkit.ai/intelligence/plans, checked 2026-10-30).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the OpenBot docs or the CopilotKit pricing page (checked 2026-10-30). Intelligence's paid plans are billed monthly to a card.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1618, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.messaging", "agent.mcp-client", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.read" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "typescript", "docker", "gmail", "slack", "teams", "mcp-client", "approvals", "telemetry-default-on", "pre-1.0", "free", "no-card", "new" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 962, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.", "bestFor": "A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "strengths": [ "MIT source, with everything OpenDuet-specific in one tenant folder over OpenBot's code", "One gateway evaluates policy and writes an audit row naming who started each run, exportable as CSV or OTLP", "Each Bot runs in its own container with an egress proxy that permits nothing until a policy arrives", "Payments, credential and security-setting changes are always handed to the person, and the reviewer fails closed", "Passwords go through a masked box, and stored credentials are encrypted, write-only and redacted from audit rows" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development", "The server refuses to start without a CopilotKit Intelligence key, which needs a browser sign-in", "Writes other than payments, credentials and security settings run if the LLM reviewer passes them, unless the owner turns on asking", "Runtime telemetry is on by default at 100 per cent sampling, with a documented opt-out", "The latest CI run on main failed on 28 October 2026, and outside issues from 27 to 29 October mostly have no reply" ], "agentNotes": [ "Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.", "Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.", "Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.", "To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.", "Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 30, "reliability": 42, "schema": 58, "security": 59, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 67, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet.git \u0026\u0026 cd OpenDuet \u0026\u0026 cp .env.example .env \u0026\u0026 bun install \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest login \u0026\u0026 npx --yes copilotkit@latest project select \u0026\u0026 bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts \u0026\u0026 bash scripts/start.sh" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openduet" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Tawkit, Inc. (d/b/a CopilotKit)", "domain": "copilotkit.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/main/LICENSE", "privacy": "https://www.copilotkit.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/blob/main/openbot/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The MIT licence reads Copyright (c) 2026 CopilotKit. CopilotKit's terms of service and privacy policy (effective 27 August 2026) name Tawkit, Inc., doing business as CopilotKit, governed by Delaware law. The Self-Service Agreement covers CopilotKit Intelligence, which OpenDuet requires.", "firstReleased is 2026-10-27, the date of CopilotKit's announcement post. The repository was created on 21 October 2026, but pull request #71 of 26 October ('remove internal material before OpenDuet goes public') shows it was not public before then, and there is no release or tag.", "The changelog is OpenBot's, vendored in `openbot/CHANGELOG.md`, with undated version sections from 0.0.1 to 0.2.0 and an Unreleased section. OpenDuet has no changelog of its own.", "https://www.copilotkit.ai/.well-known/security.txt answers 200 with the site's HTML, so no security.txt exists. Neither OpenDuet nor OpenBot has a SECURITY.md; CopilotKit's main repository has one naming security@copilotkit.ai.", "status.copilotkit.ai shows 'Copilot Cloud - API' and 'Web App' with 90-day uptime bars; it was not established that it covers Intelligence, and OpenDuet itself runs on the owner's machine.", "RDAP (Identity Digital) gives copilotkit.ai a registration date of 2023-09-28." ], "score": 67 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nous Research", "b": "CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-11", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-08-27", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "253k stars", "b": "1.6k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.8/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDuet's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or OpenDuet?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Hermes Agent is open source (MIT). OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement).", "question": "Are Hermes Agent and OpenDuet open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 57 against 42", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 58", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 52", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 59", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 37" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it" ], "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 starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.", "slug": "openduet", "watchFor": "No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development" } ], "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/asaply-vs-openduet.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet" }, { "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": 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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.", "openduet": "Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDuet's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- Hermes Agent: grade B, 68.2/100, rank #255 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json\n- OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1196 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 42\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 58\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 52\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 59\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 37\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\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### OpenDuet (D)\n\nGood for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hermes Agent | OpenDuet | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 42 | Hermes Agent +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 58 | Hermes Agent +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 52 | Hermes Agent +28 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 59 | Hermes Agent +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Hermes Agent +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 37 | Hermes Agent +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 68 | OpenDuet +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.2 · B** | **49.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hermes Agent | OpenDuet |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Nous Research | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-11 | none |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 253k stars | 1.6k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |\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**OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.\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### OpenDuet\n\n1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.\n2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.\n3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.\n4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.\n5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or OpenDuet?\n\nHermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDuet's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Hermes Agent and OpenDuet open source?\n\nYes. Hermes Agent is open source (MIT). OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openduet.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hermes-agent\", \"b\": \"openduet\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hermes-agent openduet`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Hermes Agent or OpenDuet\n\n- [asaply vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [asaply vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Asmi vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Asmi vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Brea vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openduet.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes 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