Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/different-ai/openwork/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/different-ai/openwork/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent.md
Description: openwork and hermes-agent share 18 technologies: Vite, React Router, React, Electron, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, motion, CodeMirror, @tanstack/react-virtual, xterm, Lucide, dompurify, shiki, katex, Zod, yaml, and cmdk. openwork is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

# openwork vs hermes-agent

openwork and hermes-agent share 18 technologies: Vite, React Router, React, Electron, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, motion, CodeMirror, @tanstack/react-virtual, xterm, Lucide, dompurify, shiki, katex, Zod, yaml, and cmdk. openwork is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

- [different-ai/openwork](https://seerepo.com/r/different-ai/openwork): The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)
- [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: Vite, React Router, React, Electron, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, motion, CodeMirror, @tanstack/react-virtual, xterm, Lucide, dompurify, shiki, katex, Zod, yaml, cmdk
- Only in openwork: MCP, Sentry, Next.js, Redis, Stripe, Hono, PostHog, MySQL, PlanetScale, Resend, Vercel, sonner, lexical, Mermaid, @heroicons/react, ai, marked, htmlparser2, Ajv, Drizzle, @ai-sdk/provider, Better Auth, jose, sharp, fast-xml-parser, sanitize-html, @standard-schema/spec, @hono/node-server, opentelemetry, recharts, Framer, react-email, nodemailer
- Only in hermes-agent: FastAPI, Tauri, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, Rich, jinja2, openpyxl, Radix UI, tracing, tracing-subscriber, dnd-kit, D3, react-dnd-html5-backend, use-stick-to-bottom, @icons-pack/react-simple-icons, streamdown, qrcode, js-yaml, remark-math, unified

## Side by side

| | openwork | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 954,486 lines written, 3,280 code files | 3,858,936 lines written, 5,274 code files |
| Who writes it | 3% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Warp | 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 4, 2026, 6,571 commits, 24,396 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 58,269 commits, 260,334 stars |
| Tests | 822 test files. 27.7% 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, openwork or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written in 5,274 code files; openwork has 954,486 in 3,280.

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

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

hermes-agent, with 260,334 stars; openwork has 24,396.

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

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

hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; openwork has 822.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [different-ai/openwork's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/commits)

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

openwork: an AI signed 3% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Warp; in hermes-agent, 2.2%.

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

## Sources

- different-ai/openwork: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 2fff515 (https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/tree/2fff515e6b6cab8a362dcbfff6b0fac983696bf2)
- 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.