hermesclaw vs my-free-code
The two are close in size: 733 stars for hermesclaw, 633 for my-free-code.
They split the axes: hermesclaw leads on setup ease, my-free-code on model freedom.
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
Lets you run Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, and OpenCode simultaneously on a single WeChat account by acting as the sole iLink poller and proxying requests to local gateway endpoints.
- Stars
- 733
- Tracked growth
- +20%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 16d ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Free, self-hosted (no paid cloud required)
Multi-provider gateway that routes Claude Code and other coding agents across a broad provider catalog with ordered fallbacks and local-model runtimes.
- Stars
- 633
- Tracked growth
- not tracked long enough
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 20h ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your API keys for upstream providers; local models run locally (no provider fees).
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 | hermesclaw | my-free-code |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● Diff only | ●●●●● Diff only |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Routing + tags | ●●●●● Basic filters |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Config file options | ●●●●● Env/config options |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Runs fully local |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Gateway-managed models | ●●●●● Bring-your-own provider |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● One-command install | ●●●●● Env + API key |
Which one to pick
Pick hermesclaw if…
Easy setup — one-command installer configures local proxies, patches gateways, and installs a background service so multiple WeChat agents can run on the same account.
- Setup ease: One-command install (5/5 against 3/5)
Pick my-free-code if…
Privacy-first — run a self-hosted gateway that supports many upstream providers plus local runtimes (Ollama/llama.cpp) for Claude Code and other coding agents.
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own provider (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
AaronWong1999/hermesclaw
Questions people ask
Is hermesclaw better than my-free-code?
They split the axes: hermesclaw leads on setup ease, my-free-code on model freedom. hermesclaw is worth picking when easy setup — one-command installer configures local proxies, patches gateways, and installs a background service so multiple WeChat agents can run on the same account.
Which of hermesclaw and my-free-code keeps my code private?
hermesclaw: Self-hostable (4/5). my-free-code: Runs fully local (5/5).
What does each one cost to run?
hermesclaw: Free, self-hosted (no paid cloud required). my-free-code: Your API keys for upstream providers; local models run locally (no provider fees)..
Full profiles: AaronWong1999/hermesclaw and hkqr/my-free-code. Everything else in Gateways & routing.