meta-llama/llama vs nousresearch/hermes-agent
nousresearch/hermes-agent shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, hermes-agent shows healthier maintenance signals than llama. hermes-agent rates Healthy overall while llama rates Mixed. llama last saw a commit 1 year ago with 33+ active contributors, while hermes-agent was committed to today with 33+ active contributors. llama is Other-licensed while hermes-agent is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
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meta-llama/llama →
Stale — last commit 1y ago
non-standard license (Other); last commit was 1y ago…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
last commit was 1y ago; no CI workflows detected
- ⚠Stale — last commit 1y ago
- ⚠Non-standard license (Other) — review terms
- ⚠No CI workflows detected
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓33+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 38% of recent commits)
- ✓Other licensed
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: clarify license terms
- →Deploy as-is Mixed → Healthy if: 1 commit in the last 180 days
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
nousresearch/hermes-agent →
Healthy across the board
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ✓Last commit today
- ✓33+ active contributors
- ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| llama | hermes-agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 59,400 | 204,243 |
| Last commit | 1y ago | today |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Open issues | 518 | 24,041 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | — | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 1% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
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