# Hermes Agent vs PicoClaw (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to PicoClaw's 46.1 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against PicoClaw's 46.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #879 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- Hermes Agent, good for A technical owner who wants one always-on agent across chat apps with memory and scheduled jobs, on their own machine or a small server, with any model. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 66; Security & auth, 75 against 51; Maintenance & community, 84 against 22; Transparency & trust, 63 against 56.
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production.

| Category | Hermes Agent | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Sipeed |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-07-03 |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 30k stars |