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Magic Context vs hermes-agent

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

Magic Context

Unbounded context. Memory that manages itself. One session, for life. The hippocampus for coding agents, part of CortexKit.

Best matched with other agent tools.

1.6K
Stars
0
Weekly
66/100
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.

SignalMagic Contexthermes-agent
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars1.6K251.1K
Weekly growth0+74.1K
Health scoreHealthy66/100Strong95/100
Contributors172.2K
Commits per week140.4876.8
Open issues2824.6K
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseMITMIT
Last commit2026-07-31 14:58 UTC2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
Last releasedashboard-v0.11.0v2026.7.20

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