ai-job-search vs hermes-agent
hermes-agent is much bigger: 241.7k stars against 40.8k. Over the days we have tracked them ai-job-search moved +46.7% and hermes-agent +11.9%, so ai-job-search is growing faster right now.
hermes-agent leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. ai-job-search does not take any axis by a clear margin.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
Local-first, end-to-end job-application framework that scrapes portals, tailors LaTeX CVs/cover letters, runs a drafter–reviewer agent pipeline, and archives applications for repeatable, owned job hunting.
- Stars
- 40.8k
- Tracked growth
- +46.7%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1d ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Requires Claude Code (Anthropic) CLI / third‑party access.
A self-hostable personal agent with a built-in closed learning loop that creates, persists, and self-improves skills from its own experience.
- Stars
- 241.7k
- Tracked growth
- +11.9%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 12m ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your API key or Nous Portal subscription
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | ai-job-search | hermes-agent |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Repo + documents | ●●●●● Related files |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Reviewer + dedupe | ●●●●● Approval & allowlist |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Templates & portals | ●●●●● Skills & config |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Third-party cloud | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Claude + others | ●●●●● Bring-your-own-key |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● CLI + deps | ●●●●● One-command install |
Which one to pick
Pick ai-job-search if…
Extensible end-to-end workflow — use it when you want a local CLI that orchestrates scraping, fit scoring, CV/cover-letter generation (LaTeX), and a reviewer agent to produce production-ready applications you control.
Pick hermes-agent if…
Continual learning — pick Hermes when you want a self-hosted, continuously learning personal assistant that builds and improves skills across sessions and integrates with messaging platforms.
- Privacy: Self-hostable (4/5 against 2/5)
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own-key (5/5 against 3/5)
- Setup ease: One-command install (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search
NousResearch/hermes-agent
Hacker News: Nous Research edits GitHub issue to remove plagiarism claims about Hermes Agent drew 8 points and 1 comments.
Questions people ask
Is ai-job-search better than hermes-agent?
hermes-agent leads on privacy and model freedom and setup ease. ai-job-search does not take any axis by a clear margin. ai-job-search is worth picking when extensible end-to-end workflow — use it when you want a local CLI that orchestrates scraping, fit scoring, CV/cover-letter generation (LaTeX), and a reviewer agent to produce production-ready applications you control.
Which of ai-job-search and hermes-agent keeps my code private?
ai-job-search: Third-party cloud (2/5). hermes-agent: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
ai-job-search: Requires Claude Code (Anthropic) CLI / third‑party access.. hermes-agent: Your API key or Nous Portal subscription.
Full profiles: MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search and NousResearch/hermes-agent. Everything else in Personal assistants.