Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Open-source TypeScript terminal coding agent for DeepSeek-V4 — builds on DeepSeek's strong price-performance and ultra-cheap cache pricing, engineering byte-stable prefixes and cache-reusing forks so cross-session memory and a continuous self-correction layer add almost no token cost; 1M context, Skills/MCP/Hooks, Claude Code config compatible.
Best matched with other agent tools.
hermes-agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 218.9K stars.
hermes-agent is currently growing faster at +74.1K stars this week.
hermes-agent has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 100/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Dao Code | hermes-agent |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 14h ago | Recently verified· 12h ago |
| GitHub stars | 1.4K | 218.9K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +74.1K |
| Health score | Watch54/100 |
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| Contributors | 1 | 2.2K |
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| Commits per week | 74.1 | 876.8 |
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| Open issues | 5 | 24.6K |
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| Language | TypeScript | Python |
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| License | MIT | MIT |
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| Last commit | 1d ago | 12h ago |
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| Last release | v0.4.7 | v2026.7.20 |
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