Open Source

The Best Open-Source AI Agents in 2026: OpenClaw, Hermes, and the Funded Independents

The open-source agent stack is now shipping weekly and pulling in serious capital. Here's the 2026 field — OpenClaw, Nous Research's Hermes, and how to choose and self-host one.

07/14/2026 · Industry Trends · 8 min read

Open-Source Agent Frameworks in 2026: Hermes vs OpenClaw

Choosing an open-source agent framework is a bet on stability versus velocity. Here's a builder's decision guide, using this month's Hermes, OpenClaw, and Claude Code releases as live signals.

07/12/2026 · Industry Trends · 7 min read

What Is MCP Cloud? Hosting the Model Context Protocol in 2026

Self-hosting MCP servers is fiddly, and a new "MCP cloud" category is forming to fix that. Here's what MCP cloud actually means, when managed hosting beats doing it yourself, and how to get an MCP server running for your agents.

07/04/2026 · AI Tutorials · 8 min read