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hayhooks
★ 154
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hermes-agent
★ 256.2k

hayhooks vs hermes-agent

hayhooks: Hayhooks allows deploying Haystack pipelines and agents as REST APIs with minimal boilerplate. It supports MCP protocol, Chainlit UI, Open WebUI integration, and OpenAI compatibility. It provides a CLI for easy management and file upload support.; hermes-agent: Hermes Agent is a self-improving AI agent from Nous Research with a built-in learning loop: it creates skills after complex tasks, improves them during use, searches its own past sessions and builds a model of the user over time. It works with any model provider, talks through a terminal UI or Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp and Signal, and runs on local, Docker, SSH or serverless backends.

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TL;DR

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hayhooksWorkflow Automation · ★ 154

Deploy Haystack pipelines as REST APIs

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hermes-agentWorkflow Automation · ★ 256.2k

A personal assistant on a cheap VPS that you talk to from Telegram

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Field
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Category
Workflow Automation
Workflow Automation
Stars
★ 154
★ 256.2k
License
Apache-2.0
MIT
Install Command
pip install hayhooks
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
Updated
1w ago
1d ago
Open Source
Yes
Yes
Website
↗ Visit
↗ Visit
GitHub
↗ GitHub
↗ GitHub
Tags
ai, api, api-rest
agent-framework, ai, ai-agent
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Features

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01Easy deployment of Haystack pipelines and agents as REST APIs
02Support for MCP protocol to expose pipelines as tools
03Integrated Chainlit chat UI with streaming
04Open WebUI integration as OpenAI-compatible backend
05File upload support for RAG systems
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01Autonomous skill creation after complex tasks, with skills that self-improve during use
02FTS5 session search with LLM summarization and Honcho user modeling for cross-session recall
03Single gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and CLI
04Built-in cron scheduler with delivery to any platform
05Seven terminal backends: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, Daytona, Vercel Sandbox
06Switch model providers with hermes model, no code changes
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Use Cases

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↳Deploy Haystack pipelines as REST APIs
↳Expose pipelines as tools in AI development environments like Cursor
↳Integrate with Open WebUI for chat completions
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↳A personal assistant on a cheap VPS that you talk to from Telegram
↳Unattended daily reports, backups and audits defined in natural language
↳Generating tool-calling trajectories for model training research
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FAQ

FAQ

What is the difference between hayhooks and hermes-agent?
Both hayhooks and hermes-agent are in the Workflow Automation category. hayhooks has 154 stars, while hermes-agent has 256.2k stars.
Which is better, hayhooks or hermes-agent?
The best choice depends on your use case. Choose hayhooks if Deploy Haystack pipelines as REST APIs, and hermes-agent if A personal assistant on a cheap VPS that you talk to from Telegram.
Is hayhooks free or open source?
Yes, hayhooks is open source on GitHub (Apache-2.0).
Is hermes-agent free or open source?
Yes, hermes-agent is open source on GitHub (MIT).
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