Distilly vs hermes-agent
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- hermes-agent is growing faster: +5,710 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +870 for Distilly.
- Pick Distilly for: distilly — Distill how they think into reusable Skills for any Agent or Bot. Pick hermes-agent for: the agent that grows with you.
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Distillyopen-source
Distilly — Distill how they think into reusable Skills for any Agent or Bot. Formerly Colleague Skill（原同事 Skill）.
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hermes-agentopen-source
The agent that grows with you
Metrics
| Distilly | hermes-agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25.3k | 250.9k |
| Star velocity /mo | 870 | 5.7k |
| Commits (90d) | 31 | 33.4k |
| Releases (6m) | 0 | 10 |
| Overall score | 0.5714059308804199 | 0.946551175635728 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Distilly or hermes-agent?
- hermes-agent has more GitHub stars (250,877 vs 25,262).
- Which is more actively developed, Distilly or hermes-agent?
- hermes-agent had more commits in the last 90 days (33,428 vs 31).
- Should I use Distilly or hermes-agent?
- 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.