herdr vs mirage
herdr is much bigger: 35.4k stars against 3.6k. Over the days we have tracked them herdr moved +54.7% and mirage +16.6%, so herdr is growing faster right now.
mirage leads on context depth and noise control and model freedom. herdr 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
A terminal-first agent multiplexer that runs as a single Rust binary with detachable sessions, tmux-style interaction, and a plugin marketplace.
- Stars
- 35.4k
- Tracked growth
- +54.7%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 9h ago
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free, local install
Mounts dozens of services (S3, Slack, Gmail, databases, etc.) side-by-side as a single POSIX-like virtual filesystem so agents can use bash-native pipelines across backends.
- Stars
- 3.6k
- Tracked growth
- +16.6%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 24m ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free, self-hosted; external API costs apply
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 | herdr | mirage |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● No repo context | ●●●●● Whole workspace |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● None mentioned | ●●●●● Basic filters/config |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & config | ●●●●● Extensible commands |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Runs fully local | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Other/unspecified | ●●●●● Multiple adapters |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● One-command start | ●●●●● CLI / SDK quickstart |
Which one to pick
Pick herdr if…
Local-first & easy setup — install one binary to run detachable, terminal-native agent sessions with plugin support and a socket API.
Pick mirage if…
Unified VFS — pick Mirage when you want agents to access remote services and local files through one POSIX-style filesystem, enabling cross-backend commands, portable workspaces, and embeddable runtimes.
- Context depth: Whole workspace (5/5 against 1/5)
- Noise control: Basic filters/config (3/5 against 1/5)
- Model freedom: Multiple adapters (3/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
herdrdev/herdr
strukto-ai/mirage
Hacker News: Mirage – A programming framework for building type-safe, modular systems drew 317 points and 88 comments.
Questions people ask
Is herdr better than mirage?
mirage leads on context depth and noise control and model freedom. herdr does not take any axis by a clear margin. herdr is worth picking when local-first & easy setup — install one binary to run detachable, terminal-native agent sessions with plugin support and a socket API.
Which of herdr and mirage keeps my code private?
herdr: Runs fully local (5/5). mirage: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
herdr: Free, local install. mirage: Free, self-hosted; external API costs apply.
Full profiles: herdrdev/herdr and strukto-ai/mirage. Everything else in Runtimes & sandboxes.