Agent Orchestrator vs herdr
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- herdr is growing faster: +3,900 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +670 for Agent Orchestrator.
- Pick Agent Orchestrator for: run and supervise teams of coding agents from planning to merge. Pick herdr for: the runtime your coding agents live on.
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Agent Orchestratoropen-source
Run and supervise teams of coding agents from planning to merge. Any harness (Claude code, codex, +25 more). Desktop, web, mobile, and cloud agents.
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herdropen-source
the runtime your coding agents live on
Metrics
| Agent Orchestrator | herdr | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 12.6k | 42.0k |
| Star velocity /mo | 670 | 3.9k |
| Commits (90d) | 1.4k | 783 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Overall score | 0.8570093170826903 | 0.8859779841623416 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Agent Orchestrator or herdr?
- herdr has more GitHub stars (42,035 vs 12,638).
- Which is more actively developed, Agent Orchestrator or herdr?
- Agent Orchestrator had more commits in the last 90 days (1,434 vs 783).
- Should I use Agent Orchestrator or herdr?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.