# Hermes Agent vs OpenMozi

> Side-by-side comparison of two projects in the OpenClaw ecosystem.

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| Field | Hermes Agent | OpenMozi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | The agent that grows with you | Lightweight OpenClaw for China's app ecosystem |
| Language | python | typescript |
| Status | active | active |
| Stars | 152k | 183 |
| Forks | 24066 | 27 |
| Open issues | 11409 | 15 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-05-15T16:39:27Z | 2026-03-18T14:06:58Z |
| 7d growth | 15959 | 3 |
| MCP support | yes | no |
| Requires LLM | yes | yes |
| Platforms | server, messaging | server, messaging |
| Categories | memory, self-hosted, multi-platform | multi-platform, self-hosted, chinese-ecosystem |
| Health score | 70/100 | 25/100 |
| Leaderboard rank | #2 | #43 |

## Key differences

- Hermes Agent has 829x more stars (152k vs 183), indicating significantly broader adoption.
- Hermes Agent is growing faster with +16k stars this week vs +3 for OpenMozi.
- Hermes Agent is written in Python while OpenMozi uses TypeScript, which may influence your choice depending on your stack.
- Hermes Agent was updated today, while OpenMozi's last commit was 58 days ago.
- Hermes Agent uses the MIT license while OpenMozi uses Apache-2.0.
- Hermes Agent has MCP (Model Context Protocol) support while OpenMozi does not.

## Descriptions

### Hermes Agent

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.

### OpenMozi

A lightweight AI assistant framework focused on Chinese platforms. Supports QQ, Feishu, DingTalk, and WeCom channels with native Chinese LLM providers (DeepSeek, Doubao, Qwen, Kimi, Zhipu). 3% of OpenClaw's codebase with core functionality intact.