Hermes Agent vs DorkOS: different kinds of tool, so this page sticks to the ground they share.
Hermes Agent and DorkOS are different kinds of tool. This page covers only the ground they share.
Hermes Agent and DorkOS both put an agent somewhere you can reach it, and that is where the resemblance stops. Hermes lives in your chat apps: you talk to it in Telegram or Slack, it runs jobs on a schedule, and it is free and open under the MIT licence. It is not built around coding agents, so there is no list of sessions and no swapping between Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode. One correction, because older write-ups get it wrong: Hermes was the standing example of an agent that would not talk to another agent. In its chat apps that is still deliberately true, but its desktop app now has a Bot Mode where a few bots pass work to each other under firm limits.
| What you get | DorkOS | Hermes Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Many agent tools, one placeCan you run more than one company’s coding agent from the same screen? | DorkOSYesClaude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, all on one screenEvery Agent, One PlaceSession DurabilityMore on this | Hermes AgentNoIt swaps models, not coding agents. Nothing in it puts Claude Code on one job and Codex on the next. |
| Runs on the plans you already pay forDoes it work through the plans you already pay for, or sell you the model use again? | DorkOSYesYour own Claude, ChatGPT and OpenCode sign-ins do the work, so DorkOS adds nothing to your bill. You can send one agent, or one chat, to a different Claude account.Every Agent, One PlaceClaude Accounts | Hermes AgentYesPoint it at any model you like, including one on your own hardware. Nous sells credits if you would rather not.Where this comes from |
| Work that runs on a scheduleCan you hand over a job that runs at a set time without you sitting there? | DorkOSYesSchedule agents to run on their own, so they work while you don'tTasks SchedulerNotificationsMore on this | Hermes AgentYesYes. A built-in scheduler runs jobs unattended and delivers what they produced into whichever chat app you picked.Where this comes from |
| Agents that book their own workCan an agent set up a repeating job, with you approving it first? | DorkOSYesAn agent has to ask before it books itself a repeating jobSchedule ApprovalsTasks SchedulerControl CenterMore on this | Hermes AgentNoYou set the schedule up yourself. No agent asks you for one. |
| Agents that work togetherCan several agents find each other and pass work along? | DorkOSYesYour agents can message you, and each other, wherever you already chatRelay MessagingRoomsAgent DiscoveryMore on this | Hermes AgentPartlyTwo answers, depending where you look. In the chat apps, no: its own documentation calls wiring two Hermes bots to answer each other an unsupported setup. In its desktop app, a Bot Mode lets a small group of bots hand tasks to each other by name.Where this comes from |
| Limits on agents talking to agentsWhen your agents talk to each other, can you stop the bill running away? | DorkOSYesAgents talk to each other without running up a billReply LimitsControl CenterRoomsMore on this | Hermes AgentPartlyIts Bot Mode caps a group of bots at ten messages a turn and three rounds, so a room cannot spin. That is in its desktop app, not its chat apps.Where this comes from |
| Runs on your machineDoes the tool run on your own computer, with your work staying there? | DorkOSYesDorkOS runs on your own machine: your projects, your sessions and your history stay there, under your own accounts.CLIWorkspacesRemote Tunnel | Hermes AgentYesYes. You run it yourself, from a cheap server up to your own machine, and it is yours from there.Where this comes from |
| Open, and yours to runCan you read the source, run it yourself, and skip making an account? | DorkOSYesFree and open source under the MIT licence. It runs on your own machine, and there is no DorkOS account to make.CLIRemote TunnelWorkspaces | Hermes AgentYesOpen under the MIT licence, and it runs on anything from a cheap server upwards.Where this comes from |
| Where you can use itCan you open your agents and watch them work from any screen you are near? | DorkOSYesReal work from your phone, not just a screen to watchDorkOS on Your PhoneChat InterfaceNotifications | Hermes AgentYesYes. Seven ways in, counting the terminal: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email, so your phone is covered by whatever is already on it.Where this comes from |
| Saying yes from anywhereWhen an agent stops to ask permission, can you answer from wherever you are? | DorkOSYesAn agent asks before it does something you cannot take backAction ApprovalsTool ApprovalDorkOS on Your PhoneTelegram AdapterMore on this | Hermes AgentYesIt lives in your chat apps, so its questions arrive where you already type.Where this comes from |
| One list of what needs youIs there one place holding everything waiting on your answer? | DorkOSYesOne list of everything waiting on you, and everything that happenedInboxNotificationsAlerts That Reach YouMore on this | Hermes AgentNoIt reaches you in chat, so anything waiting on you sits in whichever chat app it used. |
| Adding your own toolsCan you add your own tools and share the setup with other people? | DorkOSYesInstall a working agent, plugin, or skill in one commandMarketplaceMCP ServerConnectionsMore on this | Hermes AgentYesYes. It reaches outside tools through MCP, the common standard for that, and skills are shared files you can add to.Where this comes from |
| Price and opennessWhat does the tool itself cost, and can you read its source code? | DorkOSYesFree and open source. You pay only for the model plan your agents already use.CLI | Hermes AgentYesThe agent is free and open under the MIT licence. The paid tiers buy credits for models and tools, not features of the agent itself.Where this comes from |
Each chat picks its own agent tool. Start a job on Claude Code, run the next on Codex, keep a third on OpenCode, without leaving the tab or changing any setup. All three land in one list, and they keep running for as long as DorkOS does.
You write the job once and say when it runs: every night, every Monday, every hour. DorkOS starts the agent at that time on your own machine, then messages you when it finishes or needs a decision. Remembering is not your job.
An agent can propose a repeating job. It never starts one on its own. You get a card naming the agent, quoting its reason, and showing the next three run times and the exact instructions. One button runs it once, supervised, before you agree to it forever.
Your agents share rooms the way people share a group chat. They see each other, answer each other, and hand a job along. You set how often they may reply, per room, so a busy channel never turns into a runaway bill.
The internet is still repeating the old version, so this is worth getting right. The refusal is real, deliberate, and about the chat apps: their documentation says setting several Hermes profiles to reply to one another in a shared channel is not supported, and the safe default ignores other bots entirely. Bot Mode is separate, a plugin for its desktop app, where two to six bots pull each other in by name under hard caps of ten messages a turn and three rounds. So it is not "it cannot" but "not where you would first try, and with a fixed ceiling where it can". DorkOS puts agents in shared rooms, with a ceiling you choose.
Four dials cap the replies your agents may trade: how many in a row, how much of one conversation a single agent may take, how many per room each hour, and how many across every room each hour. Set them once, or room by room. No room can skip the dial that covers everything.
An agent that needs permission asks, and the question follows you: the browser on your phone, a Telegram or Slack message, or a notification banner on your Mac. Only the person you name gets asked, so it is never broadcast to every chat you have connected.
One bell holds every question, approval and finished run, with the things waiting on you above the things that merely happened. What you have read stays read on your other devices. A question left unanswered for the few minutes you chose rings your phone.
DorkOS does not replace a marketplace of editor add-ons built up over years. It adds the other half: package a working agent, with its instructions and its tools, and hand the whole thing to someone else in one command. Signing those tools in to outside services is the part still finding its feet.
We last checked these facts on August 24, 2026. Tools in this space change fast. If something is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
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