There's confusion here.
1.4.3.517 is a HermiT version released from the hermit-reasoner fork you linked (the fork updates and releases are managed by myself). That specific version is *not* compatible with Protégé.
The last part of the release number identifies the Owlapi version that was used to build HermiT. 517 is for version 5.1.7, Protégé uses version 4. Therefore, Protégé can only be using one of the latest 1.4.3.4xx versions.
As to which is the best HermiT, the differences between the HermiT original code base and the forks are minimal. The forks only aim to create releases compatible with new Owlapi releases, so it's a fair bet that there should be no relevant behavior changes.
Cheers,
Ignazio