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hermes-agentvsnginx-ldap-auth

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

hermes-agentnginx-ldap-auth
Score89/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 120 in AI Assistant#31 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars258 366709
Stars, last 30 days+9 624+0
Stable releases, 12 months360
Latest releasev0.22.5 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-2-Clause
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

hermes-agent scores 89/100 against 43/100 for nginx-ldap-auth, so it is the safer default.

hermes-agent ships more often: 36 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nginx-ldap-auth.

If you want the quickest setup, hermes-agent is easier to run; nginx-ldap-auth needs more configuration.

hermes-agent is growing faster right now (+9 624 stars in 30 days).

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