Comparison
Cost Guardian vs Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent has more GitHub stars (254,386 vs 39). Hermes Agent was updated more recently (last commit 3d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Cost Guardian
Real-time cost tracking and budget management for Claude Code. Zero setup. No Docker. No Grafana. Just install and go.
$
claude plugin install cost-guardian
Hermes Agent
The agent that grows with you
$
git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent| Metric | Cost Guardian | Hermes Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 39 | 254,386 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +310 |
| Forks | 2 | 55,259 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | JavaScript | Python |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 3d ago |
| Created | Mar 2026 | Jul 2025 |
| Categories | Dev tools, Data & analytics, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling |