Record
Hermes Agent hits a record 162.7K weekly downloads, up 316%
Hermes Agent, an open-source self-improving agent from Nous Research, reached 162.7K downloads in the week ending Oct 14, 2026. That is a new weekly record and 316% above its recent average.
How big the jump is
The previous weekly record was 152.5K, so the new high only edges past it. The change against the recent baseline is much larger: the average of the previous 4 weeks was 39.1K. The data covers 22 weeks across npm and PyPI. Downloads include automated installs such as CI runs, so this figure is not a count of people.
A release in the same week, cause unconfirmed
Version v0.22.1 was released on Oct 14, 2026, inside the record week. The data does not show whether the release drove the downloads, so the cause is not clear from the numbers alone.
Where it stands in its category
By weekly downloads Hermes Agent ranks 3 of 5 in the general category. OpenClaw leads with 4M and DeepSeek Harness follows with 376.1K, so Hermes Agent is still far from the top. Its overall Gid Score rank is 19, a score that combines usage, community, attention and momentum.
What it means for you
- If you run Hermes Agent, check whether v0.22.1 is the version your pipelines now install and read its release notes before upgrading.
- Do not read 162.7K as 162.7K users: CI and automated installs are counted in the total.
- If you are comparing general-purpose agents, treat this week as one data point; the next weekly figures will show whether it holds or was a one-week spike.
- For adoption signals beyond downloads, look at the Gid Score rank of 19 alongside the category position.
The data behind this story
| Agent | Hermes Agent |
|---|---|
| Average of previous 4 weeks | 39.1K |
| Category | general |
| Category top by downloads | OpenClaw · 4M; DeepSeek Harness · 376.1K; nanobot · 21.6K |
| Downloads this week | 162.7K |
| Gid rank means | position among all tracked agents by Gid Score (usage, community, attention, momentum) |
| Gid rank overall | 19 |
| Growth vs 4 week average | 316% |
| Latest release | v0.22.1 |
| Latest release date | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Maker | Nous Research |
| Previous weekly record | 152.5K |
| Rank in category by weekly downloads | 3 of 5 |
| Registries | npm and PyPI |
| Release inside the record week | yes |
| Week ending | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Weeks of data | 22 |
| What it is | Open-source self-improving agent from Nous Research that keeps persistent memory, creates and refines skills from experience, runs scheduled automations, and works from a terminal interface or messaging apps such as… |
Written by an AI model from these figures only, checked automatically against them and reviewed before publishing.
Agents in this story
| # | Agent | Gid Score | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | Stars | Latest release | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |
Hermes AgentNous Research |
63 | 214K | — | — | 255K+338/day | 0.22.26d ago | ||||
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