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ECC vs Hermes Agent

ECC leads on trust: 90.9/100 (Grade A) against 84.0/100 (Grade A), a 6.9-point gap. ECC leads on supply-chain integrity; Hermes Agent leads on transparency.

A ECC 90.9

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

affaan-m/ECC · #20 overall · #2 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose ECC if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+4.1Safety / Integrity: 99% of recent commits signed, against 2%

A Hermes Agent 84.0

The agent that grows with you

nousresearch/hermes-agent · #115 overall · #7 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Hermes Agent if transparency matters most.

+0.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.3 against 5.7

Where they differ

19.6

Safety / IntegrityECC +4.1

15.5

13.3

TransparencyHermes Agent +0.6

13.9

19.8

MaintenanceHermes Agent +0.2

20.0

18.9

AdoptionHermes Agent +0.2

19.1

+1.3

Runtime calibrationECC +3.8

-2.5

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of ECC 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	ECCaffaan-m/ECC	Hermes Agentnousresearch/hermes-agent
HVTrust score	90.9	84.0
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#20	#115
Rank in Coding Agents	#2	#7
GitHub stars	297.5k	260.7k
Last updated	3d ago	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.7 / 10	6.3 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	20k/wk	36k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.6	15.5
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.3	13.9
Maintenance / 20	19.8	20.0
Adoption / 20	18.9	19.1
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	2 — Anthropic, OpenAI	7 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, …
Requires API keys	Yes	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 v4.4 →