Hermes Agent Statistics 2026: Key Numbers, Data & Facts

Hermes Agent is an open-source agent from Nous Research. On October 7, 2026, its GitHub repository showed around 251,800 stars and 54,200 forks. GitHub displays rounded counters. They do not tell us how many people actively use Hermes.

The figures below separate GitHub and PyPI counters, dated release windows, curated projects, and individual company reports. They measure different things across different populations. The reviewed sources do not provide a single user total for Hermes as a whole.

1. What Is Hermes Agent?

The project repository describes Hermes as a self-improving AI agent with memory, skills, search across past sessions, and a messaging gateway. Hermes can run locally, on a server, or in other supported runtime environments. The model is selected separately through a supported provider or endpoint. These details come from the project README; the repository uses the MIT license.

A local installation does not determine where every request is processed. A hosted model provider, messaging service, or cloud tool processes the data sent through that connection. Which services are involved depends on the configuration.

On July 13, 2026, TechCrunch reported, citing three unnamed sources, that Nous Research was finalizing a funding round of at least $75 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Nous Research declined to comment. The report does not confirm that the round closed or that funding was received. TechCrunch report

2. GitHub Stars Over Time

The chart connects published snapshots. It is not a monthly series, and the intervals are not equal. April and May values come from Hermes Atlas's May report; July and September values come from its September report. The last point is GitHub's rounded display on October 7, 2026.

Sources: Atlas May, Atlas Sept., GitHub.

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Hermes Atlas reports an increase of 107,833 stars from April 11 to May 24 in 43 days. In the later window from July 17 to September 18, the same source records an increase of 30,401 to 246,755 stars, or 14.1% over 63 days. The windows differ in length, so they do not establish a single comparable weekly growth rate.

3. GitHub Stars for Selected Agent Projects

The chart compares rounded GitHub stars for five selected repositories. The values were checked on October 7, 2026, and rounded to the nearest 100. The projects have different roles. This selection is not a complete market comparison.

Hermes Agent

251.8 k

Open Interpreter

68.5 k

Khoj

37.6 k

QwenPaw

35.5 k

Letta

25.1 k

Sources: Hermes, Interpreter, Khoj, QwenPaw, Letta

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GitHub stars show how many times a repository has been starred. They are not installation, revenue, or market-share figures. The four comparison projects describe themselves with different emphases, including coding agent, personal second brain, personal assistant, and agent platform.

4. Release Timeline and Version Data

The table summarizes selected GitHub release notes. Commit, pull-request, and contributor counts refer to the development window named in each release, not to the project's lifetime. Performance claims such as the session_search speedup come from project release notes and are not independent measurements.

5. Supported LLM Providers

The official provider documentation covers native integrations, aggregators, compatible API endpoints, and local endpoints. The table gives selected examples, not a complete list. The Nous Portal guide advertises a catalog of more than 300 frontier models. That model-catalog figure is not a count of supported providers.

5.1. Tool Gateway

The v0.10 release notes from April 16, 2026, describe four Nous Portal tools, namely web search, image generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation. At the time, paid Portal subscribers could use them through their existing subscription without setting up separate API keys. This is a provider statement, not a claim about current prices or terms. v0.10 release notes

6. Channel Integrations

The v0.14 release notes reported 22 messaging platforms on May 16, 2026. In the v0.15 release on May 28, the project called ntfy its 23rd platform. These are dated historical counts, not a current total. The dashboard documentation, checked on October 7, 2026, lists 16 named channel integrations, but other platforms such as ntfy, IRC, LINE, and SimpleX appear in separate official guides. The current inventory therefore does not reconcile with those historical release counts. Documented integrations do not show how often they are used. v0.14 release, v0.15 release, ntfy guide, other platform documentation

7. Community and Ecosystem

Hermes Atlas is an independent curated directory. Its September report counts 250 projects in the Hermes ecosystem as of September 18, 2026. The same report lists 203 projects on July 17. The combined GitHub stars of its listed repositories rose from 1,174,854 to 1,412,024. These are counters for listed repositories, not Hermes installations or active users. Hermes Atlas, September 2026 report

The official user-stories page listed 371 curated stories across 15 categories and 11 source types on October 7, 2026. The page says each tile links to a post, issue, video, or gist. This is a collection of selected reports, not a count of unique users.

A Razorpay Engineering report from July 12, 2026 says more than 220 employees had their own always-on Hermes agent, and about 84 employees actively used one on a typical day. This describes one company deployment. The reviewed sources do not provide an active-user total across all Hermes installations.

Release notes count contributors for individual development windows. They do not establish a reliable all-time contributor total.

PyPI Stats showed 5,349 downloads under “last day,” 46,379 under “last week,” and 162,501 under “last month” when checked on October 7, 2026. The service excludes known mirrors and updates daily. The periods overlap. These are downloads of the PyPI package, not unique people or confirmed installations. PyPI listed version 0.19.0, released July 20, 2026, while GitHub listed v0.21.5 as its latest release. The PyPI figures therefore do not cover every installation method. PyPI Stats, PyPI statistics methodology, PyPI package page

8. What Repository Stars Show

GitHub counters and the curated Atlas directory provide evidence of visible project activity. They do not tell us how many people use an agent regularly, which features they enable, or how usage compares with other products. The reviewed sources do not provide a comparable measurement series for those questions.

9. Security and Data Processing

The GitHub advisory for CVE-2026-10222 was published on June 1, 2026, and updated on July 28. It lists Hermes versions before 0.18.0 as affected, 0.18.0 as patched, and rates the issue CVSS 4.0 at 2.9 with Low severity. This individual advisory does not establish a complete CVE count or describe every security risk in a specific installation.

Hermes can run locally or on a remote machine. A hosted model provider receives prompts sent to it. Messaging integrations and cloud tools add other external services to the data flow. Installing the program or model locally therefore does not prove that every feature works offline or that all data stays on the same machine. See the provider documentation for supported integrations.

10. Putting the Numbers in Context

Publicly checkable metrics include rounded GitHub counters, dated release windows, the curated Hermes Atlas directory, PyPI downloads, and individual company reports. They measure different kinds of activity across different populations. They do not establish a global user total or market leadership. Choosing an agent depends on your requirements for runtime, model access, channels, and data handling.

For a feature-based overview, see our comparison of Hermes Agent alternatives. For model and tool costs, see the article on Hermes Agent costs.