Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/morluto/rea/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/morluto/rea/vs/NousResearch/hermes-agent.md
Description: rea and hermes-agent share 3 technologies: xterm, yaml, and Zod. rea is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

# rea vs hermes-agent

rea and hermes-agent share 3 technologies: xterm, yaml, and Zod. rea is written in TypeScript and hermes-agent in Python.

- [morluto/rea](https://seerepo.com/r/morluto/rea): Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
- [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: xterm, yaml, Zod
- Only in rea: MCP, @clack/prompts, cairosvg, @xmldom/xmldom, plist, parse5, saxes, Ajv, ajv-formats, har-schema, pino
- Only in hermes-agent: React, FastAPI, Vite, Tauri, Tokio, @tauri-apps/api, React Router, Electron, 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

| | rea | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,668,610 lines written, 2,423 code files | 3,858,936 lines written, 5,274 code files |
| Who writes it | 16.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 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, 5,979 commits, 428,191 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 58,269 commits, 260,334 stars |
| Tests | 3,518 test files. 66.6% 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, rea or hermes-agent?

hermes-agent, with 3,858,936 lines written in 5,274 code files; rea has 1,668,610 in 2,423.

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

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

rea, with 428,191 stars; hermes-agent has 260,334.

The proof: [morluto/rea on GitHub](https://github.com/morluto/rea)

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

hermes-agent, with 10,042 test files; rea has 3,518.

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

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

rea: an AI signed 16.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in hermes-agent, 2.2%.

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

## Sources

- morluto/rea: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit d7df9df (https://github.com/morluto/rea/tree/d7df9df3393f77c78a76a06144ff4f515d5db928)
- 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.