{
  "$schema": "https://shelldex.com/schemas/compare.schema.json",
  "generated": "2026-05-01T17:31:23.453Z",
  "source": "https://shelldex.com/compare/clawra-vs-hermes/",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "pair": {
    "canonical": "clawra-vs-hermes",
    "slugA": "clawra",
    "slugB": "hermes"
  },
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Clawra",
      "slug": "clawra",
      "tagline": "OpenClaw as your companion",
      "description": "OpenClaw reimagined as a persistent AI companion with personality, memory, and relationship context.",
      "language": "typescript",
      "category": [
        "companion",
        "persona",
        "self-hosted"
      ],
      "github": "SumeLabs/clawra",
      "status": "active",
      "tier": 1,
      "highlight": "1.7k stars. Same claw, new vibe — a companion-first agent with persistent memory and personality layered on top of OpenClaw.",
      "emoji": "💝",
      "platform": [
        "server"
      ],
      "requires_llm": true,
      "mcp_support": false,
      "ecosystem_role": "derivative",
      "added": "2026-02-25",
      "github_data": {
        "stars": 2274,
        "forks": 374,
        "open_issues": 15,
        "license": null,
        "topics": [],
        "last_commit": "2026-02-10T10:29:19Z",
        "latest_release": null,
        "latest_release_date": null,
        "star_growth_7d": 7,
        "last_enriched": "2026-05-01T17:30:44.170Z"
      },
      "stars": 2274,
      "leaderboard": {
        "rank": 20,
        "health_score": 50,
        "health": {
          "issues_stars_ratio": 0.0066,
          "days_since_last_release": null,
          "days_since_last_commit": 80
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Hermes Agent",
      "slug": "hermes",
      "slug_aliases": [
        "hermes-agent"
      ],
      "tagline": "The agent that grows with you",
      "description": "Persistent personal AI agent by Nous Research with multi-level growing memory, self-authored skills, and multi-platform messaging. Learns your projects and builds reusable knowledge over time.",
      "language": "python",
      "category": [
        "memory",
        "self-hosted",
        "multi-platform"
      ],
      "github": "NousResearch/hermes-agent",
      "status": "active",
      "tier": 1,
      "highlight": "Self-improving skill system — agent writes reusable SKILL.md docs as it solves problems, building a personal knowledge base over time",
      "emoji": "🧠",
      "platform": [
        "server",
        "messaging"
      ],
      "requires_llm": true,
      "mcp_support": true,
      "ecosystem_role": "alternative",
      "added": "2026-02-28",
      "github_data": {
        "stars": 127890,
        "forks": 19228,
        "open_issues": 7516,
        "license": "MIT",
        "topics": [
          "ai",
          "ai-agent",
          "ai-agents",
          "anthropic",
          "chatgpt",
          "claude",
          "claude-code",
          "clawdbot",
          "codex",
          "hermes",
          "hermes-agent",
          "llm",
          "moltbot",
          "nous-research",
          "openai",
          "openclaw"
        ],
        "last_commit": "2026-05-01T17:29:24Z",
        "latest_release": "v2026.4.30",
        "latest_release_date": "2026-04-30T18:31:21Z",
        "star_growth_7d": 11034,
        "last_enriched": "2026-05-01T17:30:47.618Z"
      },
      "stars": 127890,
      "leaderboard": {
        "rank": 2,
        "health_score": 75,
        "health": {
          "issues_stars_ratio": 0.0588,
          "days_since_last_release": 0,
          "days_since_last_commit": 0
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "key_differences": [
    "Hermes Agent has 56x more stars (128k vs 2.3k), indicating significantly broader adoption.",
    "Hermes Agent is growing faster with +11k stars this week vs +7 for Clawra.",
    "Clawra is written in TypeScript while Hermes Agent uses Python, which may influence your choice depending on your stack.",
    "Hermes Agent was updated today, while Clawra's last commit was 80 days ago.",
    "Hermes Agent has MCP (Model Context Protocol) support while Clawra does not.",
    "Clawra focuses on companion, persona while Hermes Agent targets memory, multi-platform."
  ],
  "urls": {
    "page": "https://shelldex.com/compare/clawra-vs-hermes/",
    "json": "https://shelldex.com/api/compare/clawra-vs-hermes.json",
    "markdown": "https://shelldex.com/md/compare/clawra-vs-hermes.md"
  }
}