Independent register of AI agents & harnesses · no sponsored placementsEdition 2026-09 · 107 entries · evidence to 26 Sept 2026

Categories / Personal & desktop agents

Weights: adoption 30% · experts 35% · crowd 35%

Personal & desktop agents

Always-on assistants that act on your machine, files, inbox and calendar.

Rating certificate · AW/26-09/90326 Sept 2026

Hermes Agent

Nous Research · Personal & desktop agents

No. 1 of 3 in categoryhigh confidenceTrust BOpen source
Adoption79
Experts64
Crowd65
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Rating certificate · AW/26-09/22226 Sept 2026

OpenClaw

OpenClaw Foundation (created by Peter Steinberger) · Personal & desktop agents

No. 2 of 3 in categoryhigh confidenceTrust BOpen source
Adoption98
Experts59
Crowd37
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Rating certificate · AW/26-09/99226 Sept 2026

ZeroClaw

ZeroClaw Labs · Personal & desktop agents

No. 3 of 3 in categorymedium confidenceTrust BOpen source
Adoption71
Experts67
Crowd47
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No.PriceCompare
1Hermes AgentNous Research · Personal & desktop agents69high796465 n21B249kFree
2OpenClawOpenClaw Foundation (created by Peter Steinberger) · Personal & desktop agents63high985937 n25B391kFree
3ZeroClawZeroClaw Labs · Personal & desktop agents61medium716747 n9B33kFree
·DeerFlowByteDance (open source) · Personal & desktop agents70provisional7467n/e n4B83kFree
·Claude (desktop app with Cowork)Anthropic · Personal & desktop agents64provisionaln/e7157 n9B—Free, paid from $20
·Agent ZeroAgent Zero, s.r.o. (agent0ai) · Personal & desktop agents62provisional78n/e47 n12B19kFree
·AgenticSeekFosowl (Martin) · Personal & desktop agentsnot enough evidence52n/en/e—27kSee the maker's site
·KhojKhoj AI · Personal & desktop agentsnot enough evidence55n/en/e—38kSee the maker's site
·ManusManus AI (Butterfly Effect, Singapore) · Personal & desktop agentsnot enough evidencen/en/e47 n11B—Free, paid from $20
·Perplexity ComputerPerplexity AI · Personal & desktop agentsnot enough evidencen/en/en/e——See the maker's site
·SimularSimular Inc. · Personal & desktop agentsnot enough evidence44n/en/e—12kSee the maker's site

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