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hermes-agent
★ 256.0k
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Touchpoint
★ 47

hermes-agent vs Touchpoint

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.; Touchpoint: Touchpoint is a cross-platform Python library for reading and interacting with desktop UI through native accessibility APIs. It works on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with built-in support for Chromium and Electron apps via CDP. The library includes an MCP server, enabling LLM agents like Claude or Cursor to control any desktop app out of the box.

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TL;DR

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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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TouchpointWorkflow Automation · ★ 47

AI agent researches data in Chrome and creates a formatted Excel table

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Field
hermes-agent logohermes-agent
Touchpoint logoTouchpoint
Category
Workflow Automation
Workflow Automation
Stars
★ 256.0k
★ 47
License
MIT
MIT
Install Command
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
pip install touchpoint-py
Updated
Today
4mo ago
Open Source
Yes
Yes
Website
↗ Visit
↗ Visit
GitHub
↗ GitHub
↗ GitHub
Tags
agent-framework, ai, ai-agent
accessibility, ai, ai-agent
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Features

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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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01Reads structured accessibility tree instead of pixel scraping
02Cross-platform: Linux, macOS, Windows
03Built-in support for browsers and Electron apps via CDP
04Provides 19 MCP tools for LLM agents
05Supports fuzzy matching and element discovery
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Use Cases

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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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↳AI agent researches data in Chrome and creates a formatted Excel table
↳Automating repetitive desktop tasks like form filling
↳Controlling any desktop application via LLM-driven automation
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Best For

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Most Popular
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FAQ

FAQ

What is the difference between hermes-agent and Touchpoint?
Both hermes-agent and Touchpoint are in the Workflow Automation category. hermes-agent has 256.0k stars, while Touchpoint has 47 stars.
Which is better, hermes-agent or Touchpoint?
The best choice depends on your use case. Choose hermes-agent if A personal assistant on a cheap VPS that you talk to from Telegram, and Touchpoint if AI agent researches data in Chrome and creates a formatted Excel table.
Is hermes-agent free or open source?
Yes, hermes-agent is open source on GitHub (MIT).
Is Touchpoint free or open source?
Yes, Touchpoint is open source on GitHub (MIT).
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