Both Hermes Agent and OpenClaw can run on VPS for AI automation, but the design directions are completely different. Understanding this difference is much more useful than looking at a feature list.
Hermes Agent is an open source self-improved AI Agent developed by Nous Research. It has more than 65,000 stars on GitHub. It can be hung on a VPS and run 24 hours a day, and commands can be sent at any time through Telegram. This article is written using the correct commands in the official documentation, so novices can follow it without stepping into any pitfalls.