Hermes Desktop by fathah
A native desktop app for installing, configuring, and chatting with Hermes Agent — a self-improving AI assistant with tool use, multi-platform messaging, and a closed learning loop.
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Fully free and open-source desktop app under the MIT License. No cost to use, modify, or distribute.
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Listed Apr 2026
About Hermes Desktop by fathah
Hermes Desktop is an open-source, cross-platform Electron app that provides a full GUI for the Hermes Agent CLI — a self-improving AI assistant built by NousResearch. Instead of managing the agent via command line, Hermes Desktop walks users through installation, provider setup, and day-to-day usage in one unified interface. It supports 11 LLM providers (including local models), 16 messaging gateways, and 14 toolsets, all managed from a polished desktop UI.
- Guided first-run install — automatically detects or installs Hermes Agent with dependency resolution (Git, uv, Python 3.11+) and provider configuration.
- Multi-provider LLM support — connect to OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, Nous Portal, Qwen, MiniMax, Hugging Face, Groq, or any local OpenAI-compatible endpoint (LM Studio, Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp).
- Streaming chat UI — real-time SSE streaming with tool progress indicators, markdown rendering, syntax highlighting, and token usage/cost display.
- 22 slash commands — built-in commands like
/web,/image,/browse,/code,/shell,/memory,/skills,/model,/usage, and more for quick agent control. - Session management — full-text search (SQLite FTS5), date-grouped history, and the ability to resume any past conversation.
- Profile switching — create, delete, and switch between isolated Hermes environments with separate configs.
- 14 toolsets — web, browser, terminal, file, code execution, vision, image generation, TTS, skills, memory, session search, clarify, delegation, MoA, and task planning.
- Memory system — view and edit memory entries, user profile memory, capacity tracking, and support for providers like Honcho, Hindsight, Mem0, RetainDB, Supermemory, and ByteRover.
- Scheduled tasks — cron job builder with minute, hourly, daily, weekly, and custom cron options across 15 delivery targets.
- 16 messaging gateways — integrate with Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix, Mattermost, Email (IMAP/SMTP), SMS (Twilio/Vonage), iMessage, DingTalk, Feishu/Lark, WeCom, WeChat, Webhooks, and Home Assistant.
- Hermes Office (Claw3d) — visual 3D interface with dev server and adapter management.
- Auto-updater — check for and install updates via electron-updater directly from the Settings screen.
- i18n ready — internationalization framework with English locale, ready for community translations.
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Open Source (MIT)
Fully free and open-source desktop app under the MIT License. No cost to use, modify, or distribute.
- Full desktop GUI for Hermes Agent
- Multi-provider LLM support
- 16 messaging gateways
- 14 toolsets
- Memory system
Capabilities
Key Features
- Guided first-run install with dependency resolution
- Multi-provider LLM support (11 providers)
- Local model support (LM Studio, Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp)
- Streaming chat UI with SSE and markdown rendering
- Token usage and cost tracking
- 22 slash commands
- Session management with full-text search (SQLite FTS5)
- Profile switching with isolated environments
- 14 toolsets (web, browser, terminal, file, code, vision, image gen, TTS, etc.)
- Memory system with multiple provider support
- Persona editor (SOUL.md)
- Saved model configurations
- Scheduled tasks with cron job builder
- 16 messaging gateway integrations
- Hermes Office (Claw3d) visual 3D interface
- Backup, import, and debug dump
- Log viewer
- Auto-updater via electron-updater
- i18n internationalization framework
- Test suite with Vitest