Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.
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 | Orca | hermes-agent |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 23h ago | Recently verified· 21h ago |
| GitHub stars | 25.9K | 218.9K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +74.1K |
| Health score | Healthy69/100 |
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| Contributors | 226 | 2.2K |
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| Commits per week | 456.6 | 876.8 |
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| Open issues | 2.0K | 24.6K |
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| Language | TypeScript | Python |
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| License | MIT | MIT |
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| Last commit | 1d ago | 21h ago |
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| Last release | v1.4.150 | v2026.7.20 |
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