harper vs hermes-agent
harper and hermes-agent share 8 technologies: Tokio, Tauri, @tauri-apps/api, React, tracing, tracing-subscriber, Tailwind CSS, and CodeMirror. harper is written in Rust and hermes-agent in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
Automattic
harper
Offline, privacy-first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered
Rust17.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit d52aeacWhat is harper built with?Only in harper
- cached
- lru
- SvelteKit
- Svelte
egui
objc2-app-kit
objc2-foundation
- lru-cache
PostHog
- pulldown-cmark
- zip
- ammonia
- Fastlane
- tracing-wasm
- winit
- core-graphics
- egui-wgpu
- egui-winit
- uiautomation
- @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons
- quill
marked
- Font Awesome
- @docsearch/css
- Chart.js
- @docsearch/js
brace
- typed.js
- Drizzle
drizzle-zod
In common
NousResearch
hermes-agent
The agent that grows with you
Python260.3kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 71736c9What is hermes-agent built with?Only in hermes-agent
Side by side
harperhermes-agent
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
harper180,779 lines written944 code files
hermes-agent3,858,936 lines written5,274 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
harper0.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Mistral Vibe
hermes-agent2.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Devin, OpenHands, Factory, Jules, and Crush
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
harperLast push November 6, 20264,193 commits17,449 stars
hermes-agentLast push November 4, 202658,269 commits260,334 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
harper112 test files1.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
hermes-agent10,042 test files65.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, harper or hermes-agent?
hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written; harper has 180,779.
The proof: NousResearch/hermes-agent's code at commit 71736c9
Which has more GitHub stars, harper or hermes-agent?
hermes-agent, with 260,334 stars; harper has 17,449.
The proof: NousResearch/hermes-agent on GitHub
Which has more tests, harper or hermes-agent?
hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; harper has 112.
The proof: NousResearch/hermes-agent's code at commit 71736c9
Which was updated more recently, harper or hermes-agent?
harper: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and hermes-agent's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: Automattic/harper's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, harper or hermes-agent?
hermes-agent: an AI signed 2.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Devin, OpenHands, Factory, Jules, and Crush; in harper, 0.5%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in NousResearch/hermes-agent
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