Is Hermes Agent or Factory Droid open source?

Hermes Agent is open source. Factory Droid is proprietary.

Do Hermes Agent and Factory Droid support MCP servers?

Hermes Agent: not verified yet. Factory Droid: 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	Factory Droid
Maker	Nous Research	Factory
License	Open source	Proprietary
Models	Model-agnostic: hosted or local models	See vendor docs
Runs in	Terminal, Desktop, Messaging	Terminal, IDE, CI/CD
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: supported

Hermes Agent is open source; Factory Droid is proprietary. If you need to self-host, audit or fork the harness, that settles it.
Hermes Agent also runs in Desktop, Messaging; Factory Droid also runs in IDE, CI/CD.
Factory Droid supports MCP; we have not verified it for Hermes Agent.
Factory Droid supports AGENTS.md; we have not verified it for Hermes Agent.
Both support Agent Skills, 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.

Factory Droid

Delegates whole tasks (refactors, migrations, incident response) to Droids from IDE, CLI or CI/CD.

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

Reviewed Oct 5, 2026.