Hermes Agent-alternatieven: 5 opensource-agents om in plaats daarvan te draaien

Checklist

Checklist

	Hermes Agent	ZeroClaw	OpenClaw	NanoClaw	Rakazo	NemoClaw
Open-source licentie	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Draait lokale modellen	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Standaard in sandbox	Nee	Ja	Nee	Ja	Ja	Ja
Standaard geen telemetrie	Ja	Ja	Nee	Nee	Ja	Nee
Woont in je chatapps	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Werkt door als je weg bent	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja

Alternatieven

1. 

   ZeroClaw

   Gratis

   Personal AI agent in one Rust binary, MIT or Apache-2.0, with local or cloud models, 30+ channels, approval gates and an OS sandbox on by default.

   Meets every check: one Rust binary, approval gates and an OS sandbox on by default, no telemetry, local models.

   Sterke punten

   • Safe defaults: the recommended profile asks before medium-risk actions, blocks high-risk ones, keeps files in the workspace and runs tools in an OS sandbox
   • One small Rust binary with one config file, running on macOS, Linux, Windows and boards like a Raspberry Pi
   • More than 30 channels, plus a web dashboard for chat, memory, config and cron
   • Provider fallback chains, local models through Ollama, and cryptographic receipts for tool calls
   • States plainly that it sends no telemetry and needs no cloud account or license server

   Zwakke punten

   • Slack, iMessage, Signal and several other channels are not in the standard release; you build from source with extra features to get them
   • `zeroclaw quickstart` only sets up the model provider; channels and risk profiles mean editing the TOML config file
   • The Docker sandbox backend isn't picked automatically under the default native runtime
   • Model costs are on you
   Naar ZeroClaw
2. 

   OpenClaw

   Gratis

   Free, MIT-licensed personal AI agent that runs on your own computer and takes orders from WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Slack and 20+ other chat apps.

   The biggest ecosystem and every chat app, but sandboxing is off and telemetry is on by default.

   Sterke punten

   • Free and MIT licensed, with no paid tier
   • Runs on your own hardware, and state, memory and credentials stay there
   • Works in 29 chat channels, including WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Slack, Discord and Microsoft Teams
   • Model-agnostic: 64 model and media providers, plus local models
   • Large ecosystem of skills and 142 official plugins, and very active development

   Zwakke punten

   • Model costs are on you and can run high: testers and users have reported spending over $100 in a day with expensive models
   • Sandboxing is off by default and the agent can run commands on the host unless you turn on approvals
   • Setup and upkeep expect comfort with the command line; maintainers warn it is risky for non-technical users
   • Broad access to email, messages and the system makes prompt injection and malicious third-party skills a real risk
   Naar OpenClaw
3. 

   NanoClaw

   Gratis

   Small, MIT-licensed OpenClaw alternative that runs each agent in its own Docker container and chats with you on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and more.

   Every agent in its own container and a tiny codebase, but tied to Claude Code and sends setup diagnostics by default.

   Sterke punten

   • Every agent runs in its own Docker container and sees only the folders you mount, so shell access stays off your host
   • Small codebase (one host process and a handful of files) that you customize by having Claude Code edit your fork
   • Agents never hold raw API keys: outbound calls go through a credential gateway with per-agent policies and rate limits
   • Many chat channels, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage, Teams, Matrix and email, with one or several agents per channel
   • Scheduled tasks with optional script gates that skip waking the agent when there's nothing to do

   Zwakke punten

   • Built around Claude and Claude Code: customizing, debugging and adding channels all go through Claude Code
   • Sends anonymous setup diagnostics unless you set NANOCLAW_NO_DIAGNOSTICS=1
   • No config files by design, so every change means editing code in your own fork
   • Needs Docker, and Windows only works through WSL2
   Naar NanoClaw
4. 

   Rakazo

   Vanaf US$ 10/mnd

   Open-source, self-hostable platform for persistent AI bots that each get a job, a computer, memory and routines, using the model you choose.

   Our own product. Meets every check: Apache-2.0, sandboxed bot computers, no telemetry by default, any model you connect.

   Sterke punten

   • Open source (Apache-2.0) and fully self-hostable, including with local models
   • Choice of model per bot, including existing Claude or ChatGPT subscriptions
   • Bots keep working on schedules and triggers with their own cloud computer
   • Approval controls over which actions a bot may take on its own

   Zwakke punten

   • Still in beta, with frequent releases
   • You supply and pay for the model on the hosted plans, unless you buy Rakazo credits
   • Telegram, WhatsApp and iMessage/SMS are only available when self-hosted
   • More setup than a single chat app
   Naar Rakazo
5. 

   NemoClaw

   Gratis

   NVIDIA's Apache-2.0 stack for running OpenClaw, Hermes or Deep Agents inside locked-down OpenShell sandboxes with managed inference. Alpha.

   Puts OpenClaw or Hermes in a locked-down sandbox, but it's alpha, heavy to run and sends telemetry by default.

   Sterke punten

   • Puts OpenClaw or Hermes Agent in a sandbox with network, filesystem and process controls instead of running it on your host
   • Unapproved network destinations are blocked and surfaced for an operator to approve
   • Inference, messaging and MCP credentials stay outside the sandbox
   • Backed by NVIDIA, with local inference through Ollama, vLLM or NIM and a tested path on DGX Spark

   Zwakke punten

   • Alpha: maintainers support it on a best-effort basis, and several channels are experimental
   • A wrapper, not an agent: what the bot can do depends on the OpenClaw or Hermes version inside
   • Heavier than running the agent alone: 8 GB RAM minimum, a 2.4 GB sandbox image and a container runtime
   • The CLI sends operation telemetry to NVIDIA unless you set NEMOCLAW_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1
   Naar NemoClaw

Functies

Functies

	Hermes Agent	ZeroClaw	OpenClaw	NanoClaw	Rakazo	NemoClaw
Zoeken op het web	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Afbeeldingen maken	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend	Ja	Onbekend
Spraakmodus	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend	Ja	Onbekend
Bestanden uploaden	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend
Geheugen	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend
Voert taken voor je uit	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
App-koppelingen	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Werkt zelfstandig	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja
Stuurt zelf eerst een bericht	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend
Meerdere bots	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Ja	Onbekend

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