# Hermes Agent vs Talorys (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Talorys's 28.9 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Talorys: F 28.9, rank #976 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.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 Reliability, 57 against 41; Schema & documentation, 80 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0; Security & auth, 75 against 8; Transparency & trust, 63 against 52. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.
- Talorys, good for A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Talorys |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 41 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 8 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Talorys |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 978 npm/wk |