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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": 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 }, "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": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "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 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "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" }, "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": "v0.21.7", "released": "2026-10-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:01:14.428575735Z" } ], "githubStars": 253472, "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" } }, "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "zapia", "name": "Zapia", "vendor": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "vendorUrl": "https://zapia.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Zapia is a personal AI assistant app for iOS, Android and the web, aimed at Latin America. It reads connected email, calendars, files and chats, sends reminders, drafts replies and runs scheduled tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json", "license": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Apps for iPhone and Android, and the web by signing in with Google (https://zapia.com/?lang=en). The changelog says each connector asks only for the permissions it needs and can be revoked on its own (https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at US$0 a month, \"The free plan isn't a trial\", with up to 20 scheduled tasks. Pro US$9.99 a month with up to 50 scheduled tasks and Ultra US$99.99 a month with 10 times the usage and up to 100, each with a 7-day trial that converts to paid unless cancelled. Payment is by card in the app, and web payment is not available (https://zapia.com/planes?lang=en, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on zapia.com's plans, terms or changelog, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "ios", "android" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Zapia 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": 17.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 995, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 31, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.", "bestFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "disclosure": "Zapia 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": [ "Free plan at US$0 that the plans page says isn't a trial, with card payment only for paid plans.", "Anything that writes goes through an explicit confirmation, per the changelog of 18 June 2026.", "Fifteen iOS versions between 20 July and 12 October 2026.", "The privacy notice names OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as its AI providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The terms carry no date.", "Hosting and data locations aren't stated." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.", "Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 17.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zapia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Zapia Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Up to 50 scheduled tasks, 7-day trial. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Zapia Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "10 times Pro's usage, up to 100 scheduled tasks." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brainlogic AI SAS", "domain": "zapia.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-08-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://zapia.com/terminos?lang=en", "privacy": "https://zapia.com/privacidad?lang=en", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Brainlogic AI SAS and carry no date. The privacy notice was last updated on 5 October 2026.", "The site footer shows \"All systems operational\" with no link to a status page.", "zapia.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and zapia.com/llms.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-08-03 for zapia.com." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nous Research", "b": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "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": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-11", "b": "2026-10-12", "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" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Zapia?" }, { "answer": "Hermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia.", "question": "Are Hermes Agent and Zapia open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 57 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 3", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 56" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "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": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "slug": "zapia", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "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-zapia.json", "title": "asaply vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia" }, { "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/asmi-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Asmi vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia" }, { "json": 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"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/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/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/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/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-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/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia" }, { "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/leon-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Leon vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Pally vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia" }, { "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/talorys-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Talorys vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 42, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 57, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "zapia": 15 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 80, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 80, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 80, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 72, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 75, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "zapia": 3 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "zapia": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 84, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "zapia": 56 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "hermes-agent", "hermes-agent": 63, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "zapia": 59 } ], "summary": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "zapia": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (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- Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 3\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 56\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### Zapia (F)\n\nGood for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.\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, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Hermes Agent | Zapia | 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 | 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 | 3 | Hermes Agent +72 |\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 | 56 | Hermes Agent +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 59 | Hermes Agent +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.9 · B** | **17.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hermes Agent | Zapia |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | Nous Research | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |\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 | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |\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**Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.\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### Zapia\n\n1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.\n2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Hermes Agent or Zapia?\n\nHermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Hermes Agent and Zapia open source?\n\nHermes Agent is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hermes-agent\", \"b\": \"zapia\"}`. 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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- [Gemini Spark vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.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- [Leon vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Zapia competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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