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apple-mail-mcp
★ 74
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hermes-agent
★ 256.0k

apple-mail-mcp vs hermes-agent

apple-mail-mcp: Apple Mail MCP is the only MCP server for Apple Mail with full-text email search. It is reliable on large mailboxes where other servers timeout, and provides 8 tools for reading, searching, and extracting email content. It uses FTS5 indexing for fast body searches and can fetch a single email in ~3ms.; 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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apple-mail-mcpWorkflow Automation · ★ 74

Search for specific emails by content, subject, or sender across the entire mailbox

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hermes-agentWorkflow Automation · ★ 256.0k

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

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Field
apple-mail-mcp logoapple-mail-mcp
hermes-agent logohermes-agent
Category
Workflow Automation
Workflow Automation
Stars
★ 74
★ 256.0k
License
GPL-3.0
MIT
Install Command
pipx install apple-mail-mcp
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
Updated
2w ago
1d ago
Open Source
Yes
Yes
Website
↗ Visit
↗ Visit
GitHub
↗ GitHub
↗ GitHub
Tags
apple-mail, automation, claude
agent-framework, ai, ai-agent
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Features

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01Full-text email search via FTS5 index
028 tools for email operations (list, search, read, extract, etc.)
03Fast performance: ~3ms single email fetch, ~7ms subject search
04Works reliably on large mailboxes (~72K messages tested)
05CLI tools available without MCP server
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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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↳Search for specific emails by content, subject, or sender across the entire mailbox
↳Retrieve full email content and attachments programmatically
↳Automate email management tasks via MCP or CLI
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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 apple-mail-mcp and hermes-agent?
Both apple-mail-mcp and hermes-agent are in the Workflow Automation category. apple-mail-mcp has 74 stars, while hermes-agent has 256.0k stars.
Which is better, apple-mail-mcp or hermes-agent?
The best choice depends on your use case. Choose apple-mail-mcp if Search for specific emails by content, subject, or sender across the entire mailbox, and hermes-agent if A personal assistant on a cheap VPS that you talk to from Telegram.
Is apple-mail-mcp free or open source?
Yes, apple-mail-mcp is open source on GitHub (GPL-3.0).
Is hermes-agent free or open source?
Yes, hermes-agent is open source on GitHub (MIT).
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