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IntentKitby Crestal NetworkRemove IntentKit from this comparisonHermes Agentby Nous ResearchRemove Hermes Agent from this comparisonOpenWorkerby Andrew NgRemove OpenWorker from this comparison
Sets it apart
  • No auth required
  • Streams responses
  • Newest listing (added Oct 10, 2026)
  • Only one with a CLI
  • Official Nous Research listing
  • Most skills (5)
  • Streams responses
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What it isRuns a self-hosted cluster of collaborating AI agents that chat on Telegram, Slack, and Lark, act on schedules, and expose per-agent APIs, for teams wanting cloud-native agents.Runs a self-improving personal agent from a terminal TUI or a Telegram/Discord/Slack gateway, creating its own skills, searching past sessions, and scheduling unattended tasks.Runs a local desktop coworker that plans and completes tasks across your files, terminal and 25+ connected apps, with approval gates, an audit trail and your own model keys or Ollama.
ProviderCrestal NetworkNous ResearchAndrew Ng
Official vendorNot an official listingNous ResearchNot an official listing
VerifiedYesSame for all
AccessAPICLIAPI
AuthNoneAPI KeyAPI Key
CLI installNo CLIInstall scriptcurl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bashNo CLI
API base URLIn its docsNo APIIn its docs
SkillsMulti-Agent Collaboration, Scheduled Autonomous Tasks, Chat Channel Integrations, Per-Agent APIAutonomous Skill Creation, Multi-Platform Messaging Gateway, Scheduled Automation Runs, Parallel Subagent Delegation, Cross-Session Memory SearchSecurity Review, Work From Slack, Scheduled Automations, Sandboxed Commands
StreamingYesYesNo
Push notificationsNoYesNo
CategoriesAutonomous Agents, OrchestrationOrchestration, Communication & Messaging, Memory & StateAutonomous Agents, Productivity & Work Management
Tagsself-hosted, multi-agent, agent-cluster, telegram-bot, slack-bot, web3, langgraph, pythonskill-autogeneration, messaging-gateway, telegram-bot, cron-scheduling, task-delegation, terminal-tui, model-routing, persistent-memorydesktop-coworker, approval-gates, audit-trail, bring-your-own-key, ollama, mcp-client, sandboxing, security-review
Listed sinceOct 10, 2026Aug 1, 2026Oct 4, 2026
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intentkitapiNo auth required; Streams responses; Newest listing (added Oct 10, 2026)hermes-agentcliOnly one with a CLI; Official Nous Research listing; Most skills (5); Streams responsesopenworkerapi—
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descriptionRuns a self-hosted cluster of collaborating AI agents that chat on Telegram, Slack, and Lark, act on schedules, and expose per-agent APIs, for teams wanting cloud-native agents. | Runs a self-improving personal agent from a terminal TUI or a Telegram/Discord/Slack gateway, creating its own skills, searching past sessions, and scheduling unattended tasks. | Runs a local desktop coworker that plans and completes tasks across your files, terminal and 25+ connected apps, with approval gates, an audit trail and your own model keys or Ollama.
providerCrestal Network | Nous Research | Andrew Ng
officialNot an official listing | Nous Research | Not an official listing
verified (same)Yes
accessAPI | CLI | API
authNone | API Key | API Key
cliNo CLI | Install script: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash | No CLI
apiIn its docs | No API | In its docs
skillsMulti-Agent Collaboration, Scheduled Autonomous Tasks, Chat Channel Integrations, Per-Agent API | Autonomous Skill Creation, Multi-Platform Messaging Gateway, Scheduled Automation Runs, Parallel Subagent Delegation, Cross-Session Memory Search | Security Review, Work From Slack, Scheduled Automations, Sandboxed Commands
streamingYes | Yes | No
pushNo | Yes | No
categoriesAutonomous Agents, Orchestration | Orchestration, Communication & Messaging, Memory & State | Autonomous Agents, Productivity & Work Management
tagsself-hosted, multi-agent, agent-cluster, telegram-bot, slack-bot, web3, langgraph, python | skill-autogeneration, messaging-gateway, telegram-bot, cron-scheduling, task-delegation, terminal-tui, model-routing, persistent-memory | desktop-coworker, approval-gates, audit-trail, bring-your-own-key, ollama, mcp-client, sandboxing, security-review
addedOct 10, 2026 | Aug 1, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026
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