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# Hermes Agent v0.19.1 (v2026.7.30) **Release Date:** July 30, 2026 > Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~1,000+ PRs merged since v0.19.0 into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, fresh inst
# Hermes Agent v0.19.0 (v2026.7.20) **Release Date:** July 20, 2026 **Since v0.18.0:** ~2,245 commits · ~1,065 merged PRs · ~2,465 files changed · ~300,000 insertions · ~36,000 deletions · **~3,300 issues closed** · **450+ community contrib
# Hermes Agent v0.18.2 (v2026.7.7.2) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Same-day patch on top of v0.18.1, picking up the WhatsApp Baileys dependency fix needed for tagged-release Docker builds. --- ## What's in this patch - **fix(whatsapp): u
# Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (v2026.7.7) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~660 PRs merged since v0.18.0 (July 1) — bug fixes, hardening, and in-progress feature work — into a stable tagged release for downstre
# Hermes Agent v0.18.0 (v2026.7.1) **Release Date:** July 1, 2026 **Since v0.17.0:** ~1,720 commits · 998 merged PRs · 2,215 files changed · ~251,000 insertions · ~41,000 deletions · **949 issues closed** · **370+ community contributors** >
# Hermes Agent v0.17.0 (v2026.6.19) **Release Date:** June 19, 2026 **Since v0.16.0:** ~1,475 commits · ~800 merged PRs · 1,693 files changed · 235,390 insertions · 50,730 deletions · 300+ issues closed · 245 community contributors > **The
# Hermes Agent v0.16.0 (v2026.6.5) **Release Date:** June 5, 2026 **Since v0.15.2:** 874 commits · 542 merged PRs · 1,962 files changed · 205,216 insertions · 46,217 deletions · 399 issues closed (2 P0, 62 P1, 16 security-tagged) · 170 comm
After months with OpenClaw, Joseph Fluckiger compares Hermes for personal operations and visible tooling with OpenClaw's specialist roles and channel organisation. He retains both for different tasks. This is a dated, configuration-specific assessment rather than a universal performance ranking.