Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/microsoft/playwright/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/microsoft/playwright/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent.md
Description: playwright and hermes-agent share 6 technologies: React, Electron, Vite, yaml, Zod, and xterm. playwright is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

# playwright vs hermes-agent

playwright and hermes-agent share 6 technologies: React, Electron, Vite, yaml, Zod, and xterm. playwright is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

- [microsoft/playwright](https://seerepo.com/r/microsoft/playwright): Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API. 
- [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, Electron, Vite, yaml, Zod, xterm
- Only in playwright: DuckDB, MCP, xml2js, jpeg-js, pngjs, enquirer, zod-to-json-schema, codemirror
- Only in hermes-agent: FastAPI, Tauri, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, React Router, Rich, jinja2, openpyxl, Tailwind CSS, class-variance-authority, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, Lucide, tracing, tracing-subscriber, 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, js-yaml, remark-math, unified

## Side by side

| | playwright | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 652,505 lines written, 679 code files | 3,858,936 lines written, 5,274 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor | 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, 18,394 commits, 99,277 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 58,269 commits, 260,334 stars |
| Tests | 844 test files. 10% 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, playwright or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written; playwright has 652,505.

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

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

hermes-agent, with 260,334 stars; playwright has 99,277.

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

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

hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; playwright has 844.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

### Which has more commits signed by AI, playwright 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 playwright, 0.5%.

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

## Sources

- microsoft/playwright: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 1af60d9 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/tree/1af60d94ac714d4007828bafa02b0f1cbd8646b9)
- 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.