Is Hermes Agent or Cline open source?

Hermes Agent is open source. Cline is open source under Apache-2.0.

Do Hermes Agent and Cline support MCP servers?

Hermes Agent: not verified yet. Cline: yes.

Only if both support the Agent Skills format. Check the table above.

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	Cline
Maker	Nous Research	Cline
License	Open source	Apache-2.0
Models	Model-agnostic: hosted or local models	See vendor docs
Runs in	Terminal, Desktop, Messaging	IDE, CLI
MCP	?MCP: not yet verified	MCP: supported
Agent Skills	Agent Skills: supported	?Agent Skills: not yet verified
AGENTS.md	?AGENTS.md: not yet verified	?AGENTS.md: not yet verified
ACP	ACP: supported	ACP: supported

Both are open source, so you can inspect and self-host either.
Hermes Agent also runs in Terminal, Desktop, Messaging; Cline also runs in IDE, CLI.
Cline supports MCP; we have not verified it for Hermes Agent.
Hermes Agent supports Agent Skills; we have not verified it for Cline.
Both support ACP, 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.

Cline

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains with a plan/act workflow and an MCP marketplace.

Is Hermes Agent or Cline open source?: Hermes Agent is open source. Cline is open source under Apache-2.0.
Do Hermes Agent and Cline support MCP servers?: Hermes Agent: not verified yet. Cline: yes.
Can I reuse Agent Skills between Hermes Agent and Cline?: Only if both support the Agent Skills format. Check the table above.

Reviewed Oct 5, 2026.