Nous Research's open-source Hermes Agent overtook OpenClaw as the #1 app on OpenRouter by daily token volume, 224B tokens/day versus OpenClaw's 186B. Hermes runs persistently with memory across sessions and ships with 40+ built-in tools including web search and browser automation. The v0.13.0 'Tenacity' release on May 7 added a Kanban-style multi-agent task board with zombie-process detection.
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/05/10/openclaw-vs-hermes-agent-why-nous-researchs-self-improving-agent-now-leads-openrouters-global-rankings/
