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Hermes Agent vs Qwen Code

Both are Grade A and 4.7 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Hermes Agent leads on transparency and adoption; Qwen Code leads on supply-chain integrity and rests on broader evidence.

A Hermes Agent 83.9

The agent that grows with you

nousresearch/hermes-agent · #109 overall · #7 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Hermes Agent if transparency and adoption matter most.

+1.5Adoption: 259.9k GitHub stars against 28.9k
+0.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.3 against 5.4

A Qwen Code 88.6

An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

QwenLM/qwen-code · #53 overall · #4 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Qwen Code if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+3.8Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 1%
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

15.4

Safety / IntegrityQwen Code +3.8

19.2

13.9

TransparencyHermes Agent +0.8

13.1

19.1

AdoptionHermes Agent +1.5

17.6

-2.5

Runtime calibrationQwen Code +3.2

+0.7

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

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Hermes Agent and Qwen Code, 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	Hermes Agentnousresearch/hermes-agent	Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
HVTrust score	83.9	88.6
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#109	#53
Rank in Coding Agents	#7	#4
GitHub stars	259.9k	28.9k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.3 / 10	5.4 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	36k/wk	145k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	15.4	19.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.9	13.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	19.1	17.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	7 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, …	3 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	extensions
Provenance drift	Unknown	Match

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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 →