Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
A lightweight alternative to OpenClaw that runs in containers for security. Connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Gmail and other messaging apps,, has memory, scheduled jobs, and runs directly on Anthropic's Agents SDK
The agent that grows with you
Hermes Agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 144.7K stars.
Nanoclaw is currently growing faster at 0 stars this week.
Hermes Agent has the stronger health score at 80/100.
| Signal | Nanoclaw | Hermes Agent |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 28.8K | 144.7K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 64 | 80 |
| Contributors | 121 | 1.0K |
| Commits per week | 115.3 | 610.4 |
| Open issues | 852 | 10.2K |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 17h ago | 15h ago |
| Last release | N/A | v2026.5.7 |
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