AstrBot vs Hermes Agent

AstrBot

Agents

Hermes Agent

Agents

Tagline

AstrBot

Open-source agentic AI assistant that bridges chat platforms like Telegram, Discord, and QQ with any LLM and a 1000+ plugin ecosystem.

Hermes Agent

Open-source multi-channel AI agent with persistent memory, scheduling, and subagent delegation from Nous Research.

Pricing

AstrBot

Free· Free, open-source (AGPL-3.0); self-hosted, you pay your own LLM API costs.

Hermes Agent

Freemium· MIT-licensed self-host free; managed Portal tiers Free/Plus/Super/Ultra with credits

Free trial

AstrBot

Yes

Hermes Agent

Yes

API

AstrBot

Yes

Hermes Agent

Yes

Platforms

AstrBot

api

Hermes Agent

macoswindowslinuxcliapi

Open source

AstrBot

Yes · AGPL-3.0

Hermes Agent

Yes

GitHub stars

AstrBot

41,212

checked 2026-09-29

Hermes Agent

—

Last GitHub push

AstrBot

2026-09-29

Hermes Agent

—

First commit

AstrBot

2022-12

Hermes Agent

—

Model used

AstrBot

Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, Dify, Coze)

Hermes Agent

Multi-model (300+ via Nous Portal)

Best for

AstrBot

Pick AstrBot if you want a self-hosted, model-agnostic chatbot that lives inside Telegram, Discord, QQ, Feishu, or all of them at once.

Hermes Agent

Pick Hermes Agent if you want one self-hostable, memory-persistent agent that follows you across every messaging app and can run scheduled, sandboxed jobs.

Not for

AstrBot

Skip it if you want a hosted SaaS assistant or a US-style enterprise vendor with SOC 2 paperwork rather than a community-run open-source project.

Hermes Agent

Skip it if you just want a hosted ChatGPT-style web UI and have no interest in self-hosting, scripting, or wiring up messaging integrations.

Editorial score

AstrBot

7.3 / 10

Hermes Agent

8.2 / 10

Use cases

AstrBot

chatbotgroup-chat-assistantmulti-platform-botplugin-agentself-hosted-llm

Hermes Agent

personal-assistanttask-automationmulti-channel-chatscheduled-jobssubagent-orchestration

Pros

AstrBot

• Connects to 12+ messaging platforms from one deployment
• Provider-agnostic: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, DeepSeek all supported
• 1000+ community plugins via one-click marketplace
• Built-in MCP, knowledge base, persona, and sandboxed code agent
• Fully open source under AGPL-3.0, no SaaS lock-in

Hermes Agent

• MIT-licensed and fully self-hostable
• Works across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email and CLI
• Persistent memory plus auto-generated skills per project
• Five execution backends with container and namespace isolation
• Natural-language scheduling and subagent delegation built in

Cons

AstrBot

• Docs and plugin ecosystem are Chinese-first
• Self-hosting and panel setup required; no managed cloud option
• AGPL-3.0 license is restrictive for closed-source commercial forks

Hermes Agent

• Early version (v0.17.0) so APIs and skills churn
• Multi-backend setup is heavier than a single-channel chatbot
• Managed Portal credits required for the easiest path to 300+ models

Website

AstrBot

astrbot.app

Hermes Agent

hermes-agent.nousresearch.com

Editorial score: rule-based, 0–10, from AI-assisted profile inputs (see /methodology) — not a user rating; “—” means unscored. “Not listed” means we have no record of it, not that it is absent. GitHub figures and prices carry the date they were checked or captured; prices are shown as published, unconverted.