The best Hermes Desktop alternatives
7 tools that do a similar job to Hermes Desktop, 7 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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Hermes DesktopNative desktop app to install, configure, and chat with the Hermes Agent AI assistant.
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CowAgent
Open source · MIT · ★ 47.8k
Open-source personal AI assistant that plans tasks, uses tools, and keeps memory across chat platforms.
Best for: People who want a self-hosted personal assistant reachable from their everyday chat apps; Developers who want an extensible agent framework with skills and MCP support
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nanobot
Open source · MIT · ★ 49.8k
Self-hosted personal AI agent in Python that works through a browser, terminal, or chat apps.
Best for: People who want a self-hosted personal assistant they can inspect and customize; Developers who want a small Python agent framework with memory, tools, and MCP support
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MindsHub
Open source · MIT · ★ 39.8k
An open-source agent workspace for knowledge work and software, with a choice of models.
Best for: Knowledge workers who want to automate reading and writing tasks like reports and recurring workflows; Developers who want to build and run the full MindsHub stack from source
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EverydayWechat
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.3k
Python tool that sends scheduled messages and auto-replies to WeChat contacts via the web WeChat login.
Best for: Developers comfortable editing YAML and running Python scripts; People who want to send a scheduled daily greeting to a friend or group
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daily_stock_analysis
Open source · MIT · ★ 67.4k
LLM-driven stock analysis tool that gathers market data and news, then pushes daily reports to chat apps.
Best for: Individual investors who follow a personal watchlist of A-shares, HK, US, or other listed stocks and want a daily summary; Developers who want a self-hosted, scriptable stock analysis pipeline
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Reasonix
Open source · MIT · ★ 36k
An open-source AI coding assistant that reads, edits and tests code in your project folder.
Best for: Developers who want an AI assistant to make multi-step changes in a local project; People who want to choose or switch their own model provider
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Octop
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.5k
A self-hosted AI assistant that runs multiple agents for several users on your own machine.
Best for: Households or small teams that want a shared, self-hosted assistant; People who want to keep conversations and credentials on their own machine
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Hermes Desktop. We don't take payment for placement.