Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open protocol enabling communication and interoperability between opaque agentic applications.
The agent that grows with you
Hermes Agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 144.7K stars.
A2A is currently growing faster at 0 stars this week.
Hermes Agent has the stronger health score at 80/100.
| Signal | A2A | Hermes Agent |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 23.7K | 144.7K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 57 | 80 |
| Contributors | 140 | 1.0K |
| Commits per week | 5.0 | 610.4 |
| Open issues | 259 | 10.2K |
| Language | Shell | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 11d ago | 14h ago |
| Last release | v1.0.0 | v2026.5.7 |
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