Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Run AI agents on real and isolated machines — own kernel, filesystem, and network — with <100ms boot. Local first, OCI compatible, pure Rust.
Best matched with other agent tools.
hermes-agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 242.8K stars.
hermes-agent is currently growing faster at +74.1K stars this week.
hermes-agent has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Arcbox | hermes-agent |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 13h ago | Recently verified· 13h ago |
| GitHub stars | 1.5K | 242.8K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +74.1K |
| Health score | Watch55/100 |
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| Contributors | 9 | 2.2K |
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| Commits per week | 80.8 | 876.8 |
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| Open issues | 41 | 24.6K |
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| Language | Rust | Python |
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| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
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| Last commit | 7d ago | 13h ago |
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| Last release | v0.7.0 | v2026.7.20 |
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