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CodeWhale vs Hermes Agent

Both are Grade A and 3.8 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. CodeWhale leads on supply-chain integrity; Hermes Agent leads on adoption and transparency.

A CodeWhale 87.7

Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.

Hmbown/CodeWhale · #44 overall · #6 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose CodeWhale if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+2.6Safety / Integrity: 68% of recent commits signed, against 2%

A Hermes Agent 83.9

The agent that grows with you

nousresearch/hermes-agent · #97 overall · #8 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Hermes Agent if adoption and transparency matter most.

+3.2Adoption: 34.5k weekly downloads against 3.6k
+0.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.2 against 5.6

Where they differ

17.9

Safety / IntegrityCodeWhale +2.6

15.3

13.3

TransparencyHermes Agent +0.5

13.8

15.8

AdoptionHermes Agent +3.2

19.0

+2.7

Runtime calibrationCodeWhale +4.9

-2.2

2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CodeWhale and Hermes Agent, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	CodeWhaleHmbown/CodeWhale	Hermes Agentnousresearch/hermes-agent
HVTrust score	87.7	83.9
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#44	#97
Rank in Coding Agents	#6	#8
GitHub stars	41.0k	248.7k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.6 / 10	6.2 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	4k/wk	35k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	17.9	15.3
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.3	13.8
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	15.8	19.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	7 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, …
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	plugins	plugins
Provenance drift	Match	Unknown

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.3 →