> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.avibe.bot/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Avibe vs OpenClaw and Hermes

> OpenClaw and Hermes are agents. Avibe is the Agent OS the agents you trust run in.

# Avibe vs OpenClaw and Hermes

These tools get compared a lot, but they sit at different layers.

**OpenClaw** and **Hermes** are *agents*. OpenClaw is a gateway-first personal assistant — a messaging gateway wrapped around an assistant. Hermes (from Nous Research) is a self-improving agent with its own learning loop and persistent memory. Both *are* the intelligence you talk to.

**Avibe** is a different layer: the **Agent OS**. It doesn't try to be the agent. It gives agents a place to live — a unified world model of agents, sessions, [Show Pages](/concepts/show-pages), and the [Harness](/concepts/harness) — and runs the *official* Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode you already trust. (An Avibe-native agent is [on the roadmap](/concepts/vision), alongside the ones you bring.)

## Comparison

| Area              | Avibe                                                     | OpenClaw                                  | Hermes                                      |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| What it is        | The Agent OS the agents run in                            | A gateway-style personal assistant        | A self-improving agent with a learning loop |
| The agent         | The official Claude Code / Codex / OpenCode you bring     | Its own assistant loop                    | Its own agent, with memory                  |
| Lock-in           | Bring your own keys; switch agents per task               | Tied to its assistant loop                | Tied to its agent                           |
| Token overhead    | None in between — tokens go straight to your chosen agent | Carries assistant / orchestration context | Runs its own agent's reasoning              |
| Human interaction | Browser Workbench, Show Pages, voice, and chat            | Chat-first                                | Chat / CLI                                  |
| Setup             | One command plus a web wizard                             | Gateway + channels + config               | Setup wizard (can import from OpenClaw)     |

Descriptions of OpenClaw and Hermes reflect their own published positioning. Both are capable tools — they just aim to be *the* agent rather than the layer an agent runs in.

## The key distinction

Avibe does not try to become the agent.

It lets Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex run as themselves on a substrate you own, in the same communication flow as you — and gives them OS-level primitives to schedule, watch, show, and act on their own timeline.

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chat app / Workbench -> Avibe (the OS) -> the agent you chose
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No hidden intelligence layer relays your work. Pick a tool that *is* a great agent and you get that agent; pick Avibe and you get the home any agent runs and thrives in — the ones you trust today, and an Avibe-native one tomorrow. → [Design Philosophy](/concepts/philosophy)