Hermes Agent AlternativesAI Chatbots & Large Language Model (LLM) Tools like Hermes Agent

Apps similar to Hermes Agent include OpenClaw, which is free and open source. Other options are Poe, Thunderbolt, Apertus and Goose OSS. AI Chatbots like Hermes Agent are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, the web, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. OpenClaw icon
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    Personal AI assistant runs locally, supporting major chat platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, and more, with extension to Matrix and Zalo. Integrates speech and listening on macOS, iOS, and Android, plus offers a controllable live Canvas, prioritizing privacy.

    157 OpenClaw alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
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  2. Poe icon
     77 likes

    Poe is a web-based AI platform that hosts multiple assistant bots—including Claude and various GPT and image/audio models—to provide conversational Q&A, image and audio generation, and automated AI workflows.

    413 Poe alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  3. Thunderbolt icon
     23 likes

    Open-source AI platform for deploying language models across desktop and mobile systems, features model selection, on-premises setup, enterprise-level encryption, advanced security auditing, and flexibility for organizations seeking total data ownership and compliance.

    56 Thunderbolt alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
    • Docker
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  4. Apertus icon
     32 likes

    As a fully open language model, Apertus allows researchers, professionals and enthusiasts to build upon the model and adapt it to their specific needs, as well as to inspect any part of the training process.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Goose OSS icon
     26 likes

    An open-source platform for seamless automation in engineering tasks, providing local execution and control. Customizable with any LLM for enhanced autonomy, enabling developers to efficiently handle debugging to deployment tasks while preserving privacy.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  6. NanoClaw icon
     18 likes

    Lightweight AI assistant runs in Apple containers with isolated Linux container processes for superior OS-level security, transparency, and privacy compared to complex chatbots, enabling quick code review, easy customization, and minimal dependencies for all users.

    147 NanoClaw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Node.JS
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  7. Kimi icon
     26 likes

    AI assistant supports complex math, coding, image understanding, and reasoning with up to 128k token processing, short and long chain-of-thought tasks, visual and text input, accurate benchmarks, self-learning ability, and reinforcement learning for improvement.

    124 Kimi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  8. Manus icon
     24 likes

    AI agent bridges thoughts and actions, excelling in work and life tasks like personalized travel, stock analysis, insurance comparisons, and supplier sourcing, autonomously completing tasks and providing insights while users rest.

    115 Manus alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Mac
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  9. Khoj icon
     48 likes

    Open-source app offers local or cloud AI chat with major LLMs, advanced semantic search, automation, personal newsletters, document indexing, image generation, and text-to-speech. Access from web, Obsidian, Emacs, desktop, mobile, or messaging platforms.

    46 Khoj alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
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  10. Odysseus icon
     15 likes

    Self-hosted AI workspace offering chat, tool use, and autonomous agent support. Enables email and research tasks securely on user hardware, keeps all data local, requires no external servers, and provides customizable AI workflows for privacy-focused environments.

    14 Odysseus alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. Maid (AI) icon
     20 likes

    Maid is a cross-platform Flutter app for interfacing with GGUF / llama.cpp models locally, and with Ollama and OpenAI models remotely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  12. Together Chat icon
     18 likes

    Together Chat is a next-generation consumer app designed to let you interact seamlessly with today's most popular open-source models, including free access to DeepSeek R1, securely hosted in the North America.

    170 Together Chat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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