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	Open source OpenClaw Remove	Open source Hermes Agent Remove
Type	Open source	Open source
CategoriesDiffers	Orchestration & Frameworks Tools & Integrations	Runtimes & Sandboxes Memory & Context
In one line	The viral open-source personal AI assistant that really does things.	The agent that grows with you.
Stage & funding	—	—
GitHub starsDiffers	≈393k	≈258k
License	MIT	MIT
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last push	Oct 28, 2026	Oct 28, 2026
Works with	—	—
Built on	—	—
Built on itDiffers	acpx Agent Vault Agent37 agentmemory AionUi Build with Claude CC Switch claude-mem	—
Similar toDiffers	—	Nous Research OpenHuman
People linkedDiffers	7	1
EventsDiffers	AI Builder Café: Build Your AI Product & Launch Team AI Builder Café: Build Your AI Revenue & Operations Team AI Builders Berlin AI Builders Los Angeles - Nov 20 Boston OpenClaw Meetup [November 2026] Build with OpenClaw +8 more	Hermes Agent Demo Day Non-Slop Hackathon \| Pangram x Nous Research x Reducto NousCon 2026
Pros	User reportsUsers run it as an always-on assistant with its own email and phone identity for coordinating people and tasks.[1][2] User reportsIt stores memory as plain files, so switching models or agents is easy, and many others copied concepts such as SOUL.md.[1][2] User reportsReddit users cite breadth as the draw: 24+ channels, per-agent personas, deterministic cron and a large skill ecosystem.[1] MetadataMIT-licensed and the most-starred project in the category (about 393k), with dated releases roughly weekly (v2026.10.8 on Oct 27, 2026).[1]	User reportsUsers who switched from OpenClaw found it more reliable and easier to configure, with better defaults.[1][2][3] User reportsIt turns completed tasks into reusable skills and checkpoints the working directory with /rollback.[1] User reportsMemory is portable and file-based with pluggable providers, so moving between agents is easy.[1][2] MetadataMIT-licensed and very active (about 258k stars, v0.22.5 released Oct 23, 2026).[1]
Cons	Independent testWeak security track record: multiple CVEs, 341 malicious ClawHub skills found in the ClawHavoc campaign and many publicly exposed instances.[1][2] User reportsUpdates frequently break things, the top r/openclaw complaint, and users report crashes while it configures itself.[1][2] User reportsAnthropic and Google restricted using their subscriptions with OpenClaw, which pushes users to pay-per-token API keys.[1][2] MetadataThousands of open GitHub issues and PRs, and reports of runaway token bills and unsafe autonomous actions.[1][2]	MetadataTens of thousands of open issues and PRs, and some users see the codebase as mostly LLM-generated.[1][2] User reportsA user found the default load-out enables so many skills that listing them costs over 10k tokens.[1] User reportsReddit users say it overrates its own work, so learned skills can encode errors, and that it overwrites manual skill edits.[1] User reportsIt carries the usual always-on agent risks; users isolate it on separate VLANs or VMs.[1][2]
Best for	Tinkerers who want the broadest always-on personal agent with many channels and skills, run in an isolated environment.	Home-lab and personal-assistant users who want a self-improving agent with simpler setup than OpenClaw.
Watch out for	Treat ClawHub skills as untrusted code, never expose the gateway publicly, and pin versions, because updates often break.	Review auto-generated skills before trusting them, and trim the default skill set to save context.
Links	GitHub Homepage	GitHub Homepage

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