Vellum
companyOpenness profile
1 product on the map — 1 open.
Openness
5 high confidence- license
- MIT(OSI, Copyright 2025 Vellum AI)
- source
- public(the full agent - gateway, clients, skill framework, memory - in github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant)
- core-gated
- ungated(README: managed runtime on Vellum Platform or self-hosted, "Same codebase, same data model")
- self-host
- yes(by design)
- managed-cloud
- hosting convenience, not a feature tier
CORRECTED from the record's "closed/score 1". The agent's complete source is public and MIT-licensed (LICENSE: "Copyright (c) 2025 Vellum AI"), covering the backend gateway, the Mac/Slack/Telegram clients, the sandboxed skill framework and the memory system, and it is self-hostable by design rather than a client stub. The vendor's own marketing comparison table labels Vellum "Proprietary" against MIT for Hermes/OpenClaw, because it sells a managed cloud tier. Score corrected from 4 to 5 on 2026-07-30. The earlier 4 rested on the managed memory/security layer being a differentiator, but the README states the managed runtime and the self-hosted one are the "Same codebase, same data model", so hosting is convenience rather than a feature tier. The ladder's core_gated note is explicit that a hosted offering alongside an ungated core is not gating, and 4 pairs with open_core in any case.
- https://www.vellum.ai recorded 2026-06-04
personal AI assistant 'AI layer for your life'; comparison table labels Vellum 'Proprietary' vs MIT Hermes/OpenClaw, but links to its own GitHub; cloud or self-hosted
- https://www.vellum.ai/blog/best-hermes-agent-alternatives recorded 2026-06-04
Vellum positioning as a personal assistant vs Hermes/OpenClaw (confirms entity)
- https://github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant recorded 2026-06-04
PRIMARY: full open source agent source (gateway+clients+skill framework+memory), MIT, ~577 stars, 120+ releases (latest v0.8.7 Jun 2026)
- https://github.com/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant/blob/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-06-04
PRIMARY: MIT License text, 'Copyright (c) 2025 Vellum AI'