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Hermes Agent vs Manus
Facts only, side by side. Listed as alternatives to each other. No winner: which one fits depends on your country, plan and what you need it to do.
Facts checked up to
Hermes Agent : Available worldwide , Free , macOS, Windows, Linux, Self-host, Slack, WhatsApp
Manus : Available · no country list published , Free , Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Slack
Main differences (from vendor pages)
| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Where | Available worldwide | Available with no country list published |
| Minimum age | — | 18+ |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux, Self-host, Slack, WhatsApp | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Slack |
| Multiple agents | Yes | — |
| Voice | Yes | — |
| Smart home | Yes | — |
Access
10 rows| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Hermes Agent: Nous Research nousresearch.com | Manus: Manus AI (Butterfly Effect) manus.im |
| Kind | Hermes Agent: Self-hosted | Manus: Work agent |
| Status | Hermes Agent: Available Regular stable releases; latest v0.22.5, published on GitHub 2026-10-23 (release notes dated Oct 22), after v0.22.4 on 2026-10-21. github.com · checked | Manus: Available "Manus 2.0 is available now on the web, desktop, and mobile." manus.im · checked |
| Launched | Hermes Agent: Jul 22, 2025 api.github.com · checked | Manus: Mar 6, 2025 en.wikipedia.org (secondary) · checked |
| Where | Hermes Agent: Worldwide hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Excluded | Hermes Agent: None stated | Manus: None stated |
| Platforms | Hermes Agent: macOS, Windows, Linux, Self-host, Slack, WhatsApp hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Slack manus.im · checked |
| Requires | Hermes Agent: Not stated | Manus: Not stated |
| Minimum age | Hermes Agent: Not stated | Manus: 18+ help.manus.im · checked |
| Price from | Hermes Agent: Free Open source (MIT) hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Free Free help.manus.im · checked |
What it can do
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| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Hermes Agent: Yes Receives and replies to email over IMAP/SMTP (Gmail, Outlook, etc.) in-thread. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Mail Manus: emails sent from approved senders to your Manus address automatically become tasks. help.manus.im · checked | |
| Calendar | Hermes Agent: Not stated | Manus: Yes Google Calendar connector for schedule management. help.manus.im · checked |
| Browses the web | Hermes Agent: Yes Web search and browser automation. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Cloud Browser visits sites, clicks, fills forms and can use accounts you log into; you take over for CAPTCHAs and 2FA. manus.im · checked |
| Files | Hermes Agent: Yes read_file / write_file / patch tools with a write denylist and optional write sandbox. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Desktop "My Computer" reads, organises and edits files in folders you authorize. help.manus.im · checked |
| Writes / runs code | Hermes Agent: Yes Terminals and Python RPC scripts. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Builds websites, code, games and video in Manus Studio. manus.im · checked |
| Messages you first | Hermes Agent: Yes Scheduled jobs run unattended and deliver results to a chat platform, e.g. "Every morning at 9am … send me a summary on Telegram." hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Automations you set up can text you from Manus's agent phone, email you or call you, e.g. when a matching job appears or a price crosses your threshold. manus.im · checked |
| Memory | Hermes Agent: Yes MEMORY.md and USER.md in ~/.hermes/memories/ injected each session; auto-generated skills. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes User knowledge base: up to 100 entries on Pro, 50 on Free. help.manus.im · checked |
| Multiple agents | Hermes Agent: Yes Isolated subagents with their own conversations and terminals. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Not stated |
| Runs when app is closed | Hermes Agent: Yes Cron jobs (natural language or cron expressions) run via the gateway; a stopped local agent does not run tasks; hosted agents in Nous Portal. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Cloud Computer is a persistent VM that runs apps, bots and scripts 24/7. help.manus.im · checked |
| App connectors | Hermes Agent: Yes MCP servers and a plugin catalog; smart home via the official Home Assistant plugin (docs/user-guide/messaging/homeassistant). hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Connectors (including MCP servers) for Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Linear, monday.com, Supabase/Postgres. help.manus.im · checked |
| Voice | Hermes Agent: Yes Voice mode across CLI and messaging: talk by microphone, spoken replies, live Discord voice channels, wake word. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Not stated |
| Smart home | Hermes Agent: Yes Official Home Assistant integration through the homeassistant plugin. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Not stated |
| Applies for jobs | Hermes Agent: Partly Only with the third-party Job Search plugin (agent-data) listed in the Hermes docs: it filters new postings into a digest; applying is not described. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Partly Can watch a job board, tailor your résumé to a matching role and email it to you; submitting applications is not described. manus.im · checked |
Safety (as stated by the vendor)
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| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Data it can access | Hermes Agent: Whatever the operator's user account can reach on the host, plus connected messaging, email and MCP servers. Provider API keys and gateway tokens are stripped from shell/MCP/cron subprocesses by default, but skills and plugins can read in-process credentials. github.com · checked | Manus: Connectors let Manus access third-party data and APIs (Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub and others). On Team plans the Owner can see all members' session data. Team visibility per https://help.manus.im/en/articles/11711929-who-can-see-my-tasks help.manus.im · checked |
| Asks before sensitive actions | Hermes Agent: Yes Dangerous shell commands need explicit approval (approvals.mode smart|manual|off; cron/unattended default deny). SECURITY.md calls the gate a heuristic, not a security boundary. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Yes Documented for the desktop My Computer feature: it runs commands automatically in authorized folders and "only asks for confirmation on sensitive commands". help.manus.im · checked |
| Sees your passwords | Hermes Agent: Not stated | Manus: Not stated |
| Trains on your data | Hermes Agent: Not clearly stated Hermes is self-hosted; training depends on the model provider you connect. Nous Portal's privacy policy says inference payloads may be used for training unless you enable Privacy Mode. portal.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Not clearly stated Privacy policy: de-identified data may be used to develop and improve models, and content is used "when you allow us to use your content to improve our models"; the default is not stated. Team plan lists "Data Training Opt-Out". manus.im · checked |
| Isolation | Hermes Agent: Default terminal backend runs commands directly on the host; Docker, SSH, Modal and Singularity backends sandbox shell/file tools. Only OS-level isolation (Docker image or NVIDIA OpenShell wrapping the whole process) is a real boundary per SECURITY.md. github.com · checked | Manus: Tasks run in temporary cloud sandboxes; the optional Cloud Computer is a fully isolated Ubuntu VM. The desktop My Computer feature works on your own machine within folders you authorize. help.manus.im · checked |
| Retention | Hermes Agent: Conversations, memories and skills are stored locally and kept when the agent stops. Keep a backup of your Hermes data directory when moving to another computer. hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: Deleting your account makes Manus take steps to delete your content (Manus and Cue share one account), but some personal data is kept for legal, accounting and fraud-prevention purposes; Team plan retention may be set by the team Owner or Administrator. help.manus.im · checked |
By country
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| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Canada | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| United Kingdom | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Ireland | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Australia | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| New Zealand | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Germany | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| France | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Spain | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Italy | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Netherlands | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Switzerland | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| India | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Pakistan | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| United Arab Emirates | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| South Africa | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Philippines | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Vietnam | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Indonesia | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Malaysia | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Hong Kong | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Singapore | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Japan | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Brazil | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
| Mexico | Hermes Agent: Available hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · checked | Manus: No country list published manus.im · checked |
Freshness
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| Fact | Hermes Agent | Manus |
|---|---|---|
| Last fact checked | Hermes Agent: Oct 23, 2026 | Manus: Oct 23, 2026 |
Full details, FAQ and change history: Hermes Agent · Manus. Where sources disagree, both claims are on the agent page.