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herdr vs gmgn-skills
herdr has 41,950 GitHub stars, 3,252 forks, 337 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gmgn-skills has 593 stars, 105 forks, 40 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. herdr leads on adoption by 6,974% (41,950 vs 593 stars). herdr is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; gmgn-skills is written in Python under MIT. herdr has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, gmgn-skills 18%. herdr was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai-agents), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| herdr | gmgn-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 42K | ★ 593 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 105 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick herdr if
- You weight community size — 42K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick gmgn-skills if
- You want the gmgn-skills feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and gmgn-skills fits your workflow better
About herdr
herdr is a terminal first runtime for coding agents — a single Rust binary that owns the terminals in which tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and Grok run, aimed at developers who keep agents working across local and remote machines and want those sessions to survive a lost SSH connection or a closed client.
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About gmgn-skills
GMGN Skills is a set of open source Python tools that give AI agents natural language access to real time multi chain token data and on chain trading execution on Solana, BSC, and Base.
read the full gmgn-skills overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is herdr or gmgn-skills more popular?
herdr has 41,950 GitHub stars and gmgn-skills has 593. herdr has the larger community by that measure.
Are herdr and gmgn-skills free?
Both are open source. herdr is licensed under Apache-2.0 and gmgn-skills under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between herdr and gmgn-skills?
herdr is written in Rust and gmgn-skills in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, herdr or gmgn-skills?
Choose herdr if you want the larger community (41,950 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose gmgn-skills if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.