# Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw (slim)

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to Hermes Agent's 67.9 (B) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Hermes Agent's 67.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hermes Agent leads on agent ergonomics. Both do assistant proactive.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- ZeroClaw: BB 70.2, rank #161 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.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 Agent ergonomics, 80 against 72.
- ZeroClaw, good for One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 57. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Hermes Agent | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Licence | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-09-05 |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 33k stars |