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hermes-uivsInvokeAI

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

hermes-uiInvokeAI
Score47/10082/100
Rank in category#59 of 120 in AI Assistant#2 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars20528 902
Stars, last 30 days—+622
Stable releases, 12 months1213
Latest releasev3.3.26 · 30 Jun 2026v6.14.2 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageHTMLTypescript

Which one should you pick?

InvokeAI scores 82/100 against 47/100 for hermes-ui, so it is the safer default.

InvokeAI ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for hermes-ui.

If you want the quickest setup, InvokeAI is easier to run; hermes-ui needs more configuration.

InvokeAI is growing faster right now (+622 stars in 30 days).

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