Is Hermes Agent or Amp open source?

Hermes Agent is open source. Amp is proprietary.

Do Hermes Agent and Amp support MCP servers?

Hermes Agent: not verified yet. Amp: yes.

Yes. Both read the open Agent Skills (SKILL.md) format, so the same skill folder works in both.

Comparison

How the two compare on the things that decide whether your setup carries over: open standards, license, models and where they run.

	Hermes Agent	Amp
Maker	Nous Research	Amp
License	Open source	Proprietary
Models	Model-agnostic: hosted or local models	See vendor docs
Runs in	Terminal, Desktop, Messaging	Terminal, IDE
MCP	?MCP: not yet verified	MCP: supported
Agent Skills	Agent Skills: supported	Agent Skills: supported
AGENTS.md	?AGENTS.md: not yet verified	AGENTS.md: supported
ACP	ACP: supported	?ACP: not yet verified

Hermes Agent is open source; Amp is proprietary. If you need to self-host, audit or fork the harness, that settles it.
Hermes Agent also runs in Desktop, Messaging; Amp also runs in IDE.
Amp supports MCP; we have not verified it for Hermes Agent.
Amp supports AGENTS.md; we have not verified it for Hermes Agent.
Hermes Agent supports ACP; we have not verified it for Amp.
Both support Agent Skills, so MCP servers, skills and repo instructions you set up carry over if you switch.

Hermes Agent

Model-agnostic personal agent across CLI, desktop and messaging apps. Learns across sessions and writes reusable skills from its own work.

Amp

Frontier coding agent for terminal and editor. Co-created the AGENTS.md convention and supports Agent Skills.

Is Hermes Agent or Amp open source?: Hermes Agent is open source. Amp is proprietary.
Do Hermes Agent and Amp support MCP servers?: Hermes Agent: not verified yet. Amp: yes.
Can I reuse Agent Skills between Hermes Agent and Amp?: Yes. Both read the open Agent Skills (SKILL.md) format, so the same skill folder works in both.

Reviewed Oct 5, 2026.