---
title: "khoj vs hermes-agent"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/khoj-ai-khoj-vs-nousresearch-hermes-agent"
tools: ["khoj-ai-khoj", "nousresearch-hermes-agent"]
---

# khoj vs hermes-agent

Neutral, constraint-first comparison with live GitHub stats.

| | [khoj](/tools/khoj-ai-khoj.md) | [hermes-agent](/tools/nousresearch-hermes-agent.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. | The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research |
| Stars | 35,518 | 210,911 |
| Forks | 2,289 | 38,715 |
| Open issues | 116 | 26,611 |
| Language | Python | Python |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Categories | Inference & Serving, AI Agents, Model Training, Data & Retrieval, LLM Frameworks | AI Agents |

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=khoj-ai-khoj`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=khoj-ai-khoj)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

_GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_