Open-source AI agent frameworks are exploding in popularity on GitHub. Two projects at the core of...
OpenClaw holds GitHub's all-time record at 373k stars, but Hermes Agent leads in daily OpenRouter usage with 458B tokens processed vs. 173B. Star counts measure mindshare; runtime token volume is the signal that matters for framework selection in 2026.
Open-source AI agent frameworks are exploding in popularity on GitHub.
Two projects at the core of the self-hosted AI systems ecosystem — OpenClaw and Hermes Agent — have pulled so far ahead that the rest of the field is fighting for a distant third place.
Here is the full picture as of May 2026.
The Leaderboard
Star counts are live data fetched from the GitHub API on May 21, 2026. Repos are sorted by current stars, descending.
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