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NousResearch/hermes-agent

Establishedrank #24

The agent that grows with you

249.3k+11.7k · 7d 53k 1kest. MITPythonpushed 12m ago
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Composite

76

conf 65%

Momentum

75

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

70

conf 67%

Community

69

conf 60%

Security & maint.

93

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

79

conf 60%

Opportunity

56

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

53%

conf 71%

Executive summary

hermes-agent is currently classified as established with a composite score of 76/100. Momentum (75) and vitality (70) diverge — attention is running ahead of maintenance depth. Estimated 7-day gain of 11,679 stars against a 249.3k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 53%.

Analyst note

AI-drafted · numbers from tracked data

The momentum-vs-vitality relationship in this case suggests that a project with high vitality (70/100) and steady momentum (75/100) is likely to continue growing, but its overall impact may be diluted if it has low vitality (70/100). A higher vitality score indicates more enthusiasm and engagement from the community, which can contribute to sustained growth.

90-day trajectory

+50.4k · 30d
2026-06-302026-09-27

Score breakdown

Every input, weight and normalized value — nothing hidden. Inputs marked est. are estimated until the full ingestion pipeline lands.

Momentum

Star velocityest.25%100
Star accelerationest.15%50
Fork velocityest.10%100
Contributor growthest.10%87
Issue activity growthest.10%89
PR activity growthest.10%42
External mention velocityest.10%44
Release event impactest.5%77
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%45

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 100%

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%100
Release cadenceest.15%87
PR responsivenessest.15%42
Issue responsivenessest.15%28
Contributor diversityest.10%100
Maintainer continuityest.10%68
Documentation qualityest.5%67
Dependency freshnessest.5%88
Security hygieneest.5%44

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 100%

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%100
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%100
Dependency stalenessest.15%69
Bus factorest.15%98

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 85% · coverage 100%

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%78
Documentation citationsest.15%55
Contributor overlapest.15%50
Registry adoptionest.10%76
Topic centralityest.10%100

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 92% · missing: packageRegistryAdoption