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      "vendorUrl": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com",
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      "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",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent",
      "license": "MIT",
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          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "nousresearch/hermes-agent"
        }
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      "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",
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        "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": []
      },
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
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      "llmsTxt": "https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/llms.txt",
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        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "agent.mcp-client"
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        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "python",
        "docker",
        "llms-txt",
        "pre-1.0"
      ],
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      "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
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          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
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          "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
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "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
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          "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"
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      "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",
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            "registry": "github",
            "name": "NousResearch/hermes-agent",
            "version": "v0.21.7",
            "released": "2026-10-12",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:01:14.428575735Z"
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        "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"
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    },
    "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "tab-bot",
      "name": "Tab",
      "vendor": "Terrasoft, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://tab.bot",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Tab is a hosted AI assistant in private beta that people text in Messages. It has its own computer and browser, makes phone calls, works with connected accounts, and places orders or pays invoices after the owner approves.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json",
      "license": "Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Join the waitlist with a name and mobile number. Account access starts with a code sent to the verified number, and web sessions use HttpOnly SameSite cookies with only a keyed hash stored (https://tab.bot and https://tab.bot/security). Connected accounts use the provider's own authorisation flow, and write actions are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled (https://tab.bot/security).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "No price or plan was published on tab.bot, checked 14 October 2026. The terms cover purchases the owner approves but name no subscription fee. The value of this field is unconfirmed.",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tab.bot, its terms or security page, checked 14 October 2026.",
        "endpoints": []
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        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
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        "assistant.memory",
        "messaging.rcs",
        "messaging.inbound",
        "browser.hosted",
        "voice.calls",
        "commerce.checkout",
        "payments.card-token",
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        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "paid",
        "waitlist"
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      "disclosure": "Tab 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.",
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        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1003,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1010,
        "categoryRank": 37,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 5,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 4,
          "transparency": 45
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          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.",
        "bestFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.",
        "disclosure": "Tab 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": [
          "Saved passwords are encrypted and filled inside a separate boundary, with only an opaque ID passed to the AI.",
          "Checkout is bound to the merchant, cart, recipient and exact total, and a charge is attempted once.",
          "Write actions on connected accounts are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled.",
          "Dated updates on eight days in September 2026."
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Private beta behind a waitlist.",
          "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.",
          "No price or plan published.",
          "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content, and the home page loads ad pixels."
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.",
          "Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published."
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        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 10.7
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 5,
          "schema": 0,
          "security": 4,
          "transparency": 30
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        "provenanceScore": 59
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/tab-bot"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Terrasoft, Inc.",
        "domain": "tab.bot",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-08-21",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://tab.bot/terms",
        "privacy": "https://tab.bot/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://tab.bot/updates",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The terms and privacy policy name Terrasoft, Inc. and are effective 2 September 2026. The security page was last reviewed on 21 August 2026.",
          "tab.bot/.well-known/security.txt and llms.txt return 404. No status page was found.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-21 for tab.bot."
        ],
        "score": 59
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.json"
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        "name": "Kind"
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        "a": "Nous Research",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "None",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "yes",
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        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Tab?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Hermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tab.",
        "question": "Are Hermes Agent and Tab open source?"
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          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 0",
          "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 4",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 58",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45"
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          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
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        "watchFor": "Private beta behind a waitlist."
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "Caddy vs Tab",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Tab",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.json",
        "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json",
        "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "HireAlpha vs Tab",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "Instinct vs Tab",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "IronClaw vs Tab",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.json",
        "title": "Lindy vs Tab",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-ironclaw.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanobot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-nanoclaw.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zo-computer.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-natura.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-wajo.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.json",
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        "tab-bot": 4,
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        "tab-bot": 58,
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        "tab-bot": 45,
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      "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.",
      "tab-bot": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content."
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  "markdown": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\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- Tab: grade F, 10.7/100, rank #1003 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.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### 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 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 4\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\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### Tab (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Private beta behind a waitlist.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hermes Agent | Tab | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 5 | Hermes Agent +52 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 0 | Hermes Agent +80 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 0 | Hermes Agent +80 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 4 | Hermes Agent +71 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 0 | Hermes Agent +60 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 58 | Hermes Agent +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 45 | Hermes Agent +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.9 · B** | **10.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hermes Agent | Tab |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | Nous Research | Terrasoft, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |\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 |  |\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\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**Tab.** Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.\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### Tab\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.\n2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Tab?\n\nHermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Hermes Agent and Tab open source?\n\nHermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Tab.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hermes-agent\", \"b\": \"tab-bot\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hermes-agent tab-bot`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hermes-agent.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Hermes Agent or Tab\n\n- [asaply vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Asmi vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Asmi vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boski vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Del vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Haven vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot.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 Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Dots vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boski vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Caddy vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [folk vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hermes-agent.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- [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- [Gemini Spark vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Leon vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Tab 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.\n",
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