Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/HKUDS/nanobot/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/HKUDS/nanobot/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent.md
Description: nanobot and hermes-agent share 14 technologies: React, Vite, Lucide, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, D3, unified, remark-math, streamdown, katex, and qrcode. Both are written in Python.

# nanobot vs hermes-agent

nanobot and hermes-agent share 14 technologies: React, Vite, Lucide, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, D3, unified, remark-math, streamdown, katex, and qrcode. Both are written in Python.

- [HKUDS/nanobot](https://seerepo.com/r/HKUDS/nanobot): Your lightweight open-source personal agent.
- [NousResearch/hermes-agent](https://seerepo.com/r/NousResearch/hermes-agent): The agent that grows with you

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Vite, Lucide, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, motion, D3, unified, remark-math, streamdown, katex, qrcode
- Only in nanobot: Anthropic, Pydantic, fontkit, OpenTUI, pele, @xmldom/xmldom, @resvg/resvg-js, PostCSS, react-syntax-highlighter, micromark-util-types, remark-gfm, micromark-extension-gfm-autolink-literal, micromark-extension-math, micromark-factory-space, rehype-katex, remark-breaks, remark-cjk-friendly, remark-parse, remend, saxes
- Only in hermes-agent: FastAPI, Tauri, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, React Router, Electron, Rich, jinja2, openpyxl, Zod, tracing, tracing-subscriber, xterm, dnd-kit, @tanstack/react-virtual, cmdk, CodeMirror, react-dnd-html5-backend, use-stick-to-bottom, @icons-pack/react-simple-icons, dompurify, shiki, yaml, js-yaml

## Side by side

| | nanobot | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 555,991 lines written, 940 code files | 3,858,936 lines written, 5,274 code files |
| Who writes it | 8.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Factory, and Gemini CLI | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Devin, OpenHands, Factory, Jules, and Crush |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 4,573 commits, 49,857 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 58,269 commits, 260,334 stars |
| Tests | 858 test files. 66.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 10,042 test files. 65.7% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, nanobot or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written; nanobot has 555,991.

The proof: [NousResearch/hermes-agent's code at commit 71736c9](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/71736c9f32597bbca9d89cede5aa136e55946b2f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, nanobot or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 260,334 stars; nanobot has 49,857.

The proof: [NousResearch/hermes-agent on GitHub](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent)

### Which has more tests, nanobot or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; nanobot has 858.

The proof: [NousResearch/hermes-agent's code at commit 71736c9](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/71736c9f32597bbca9d89cede5aa136e55946b2f)

### Which was updated more recently, nanobot or hermes-agent?

nanobot: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and hermes-agent's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [HKUDS/nanobot's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, nanobot or hermes-agent?

nanobot: an AI signed 8.7% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Factory, and Gemini CLI; in hermes-agent, 2.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in HKUDS/nanobot](https://seerepo.com/r/HKUDS/nanobot/ai)

## Sources

- HKUDS/nanobot: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 112ea9d (https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/tree/112ea9d17461afa2f772b84a718b83eba93ce2fa)
- NousResearch/hermes-agent: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 71736c9 (https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/71736c9f32597bbca9d89cede5aa136e55946b2f)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.