Hermes Agent claims No. 1 on OpenRouter as agents crowd weekly AI usage board
OpenRouter's opt-in usage data puts Hermes Agent at No. 1; OpenClaw, Kilo Code, Descript, pi, Janitor AI, GitLawb, ISEKAI ZERO, and Cline round out the week's most-used tools.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Why it matters
A noisy agent market needs real usage signals. An opt-in leaderboard surfaces which agents and tools are actually getting traction, highlighting a tilt toward open-source and IDE-native workflows.
Hermes Agent from Nous Research took the top spot on this week's AI apps leaderboard, according to OpenRouter's rankings, which are based on opt-in usage tracking. The listing shows Hermes Agent at 3.93T tokens tracked.
Hermes Agent is described as an open-source, self-improving agent that runs persistently with memory across sessions and builds reusable skills from experience. It ships with 40+ built-in tools, from web search and browser automation to vision, plus scheduled automations and subagents.
The other top performers skewed agentic and developer-first. OpenClaw posted 1.05T tokens as an AI agent that connects to messaging apps to run commands, browse, manage files, and send emails. Kilo Code logged 950B tokens with an open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI workflows. Descript appeared on the board at 433B tokens. Coding-focused entries also included pi at 258B tokens.
Consumer and infrastructure picks filled out the top 10: character chat platform Janitor AI; decentralized collaboration project GitLawb; anime-themed adventure app ISEKAI ZERO; and IDE-native coding agent Cline.