Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent.md
Description: react-starter-kit and hermes-agent share 8 technologies: Vite, React, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, and Radix UI. react-starter-kit is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

# react-starter-kit vs hermes-agent

react-starter-kit and hermes-agent share 8 technologies: Vite, React, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, and Radix UI. react-starter-kit is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

- [kriasoft/react-starter-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/kriasoft/react-starter-kit): Modern React starter kit with Bun, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, tRPC, Stripe, and Cloudflare Workers. Production-ready monorepo for building fast web apps.
- [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, Zod, Tailwind CSS, Lucide, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI
- Only in react-starter-kit: Postgres, Resend, Stripe, Hono, tRPC, TanStack, @electric-sql/pglite, Drizzle, Better Auth, react-error-boundary, react-email
- Only in hermes-agent: FastAPI, Tauri, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, React Router, Electron, Rich, jinja2, openpyxl, tracing, tracing-subscriber, xterm, dnd-kit, motion, @tanstack/react-virtual, D3, cmdk, CodeMirror, react-dnd-html5-backend, use-stick-to-bottom, @icons-pack/react-simple-icons, streamdown, dompurify, katex, qrcode, shiki, yaml, js-yaml, remark-math, unified

## Side by side

| | react-starter-kit | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 10,684 lines written, 99 code files | 3,858,936 lines written, 5,274 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 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 2, 2026, 129 commits, 23,705 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 58,269 commits, 260,334 stars |
| Tests | 9 test files. 12.1% 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, react-starter-kit or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written; react-starter-kit has 10,684.

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

### Which has more GitHub stars, react-starter-kit or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 260,334 stars; react-starter-kit has 23,705.

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

### Which has more tests, react-starter-kit or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; react-starter-kit has 9.

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

### Which was updated more recently, react-starter-kit or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and react-starter-kit's on November 2, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, react-starter-kit 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.

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

## Sources

- kriasoft/react-starter-kit: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit dbdb0d4 (https://github.com/kriasoft/react-starter-kit/tree/dbdb0d4991bbaae1671ff62180089f2733dd406a)
- 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.