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Helicone vs hermes-agent

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Helicone

🧊 Open source LLM observability platform. One line of code to monitor, evaluate, and experiment. YC W23 🍓

Best matched with other agent tools.

6.1K
Stars
+450
Weekly
57/100
Health
hermes-agent

The agent that grows with you

Best matched with other agent tools.

251.1K
Stars
+74.1K
Weekly
95/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

hermes-agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 251.1K stars.

Momentum

hermes-agent is currently growing faster at +74.1K stars this week.

Maintenance

hermes-agent has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalHeliconehermes-agent
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars6.1K251.1K
Weekly growth+450+74.1K
Health scoreWatch57/100Strong95/100
Contributors1012.2K
Commits per week0.2876.8
Open issues15424.6K
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Last commit2026-08-23 16:42 UTC2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
Last releasev2025.08.21-1v2026.7.20

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