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herdr vs khazix-skills
herdr has 41,057 GitHub stars, 3,154 forks, 337 open issues and last shipped yesterday. khazix-skills has 20,962 stars, 2,216 forks, 49 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. herdr leads on adoption by 96% (41,057 vs 20,962 stars). herdr is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; khazix-skills is written in Python under MIT. herdr has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, khazix-skills 11%. herdr was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (ai-agents, claude-code, codex, developer-tools), 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 | khazix-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 41K | ★ 21K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-27 | 2026-09-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 2.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick herdr if
- You weight community size — 41K 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 khazix-skills if
- You want the khazix-skills feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and khazix-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 khazix-skills
Khazix Skills is an MIT licensed collection of six open source AI Skills published by the Chinese AI creator 数字生命卡兹克, aimed at developers and vibe coders who want Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other Agent Skills compatible agents to handle everyday jobs such as defining long running goals, clearing disk space, researching a product and drafting long articles.
read the full khazix-skills overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is herdr or khazix-skills more popular?
herdr has 41,057 GitHub stars and khazix-skills has 20,962. herdr has the larger community by that measure.
Are herdr and khazix-skills free?
Both are open source. herdr is licensed under Apache-2.0 and khazix-skills under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between herdr and khazix-skills?
herdr is written in Rust and khazix-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 khazix-skills?
Choose herdr if you want the larger community (41,057 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose khazix-skills if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.