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Hermes Agent

Terminal and chat-app agent that writes its own skills and remembers you

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Stars
252.5k
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 2026
Last release
Oct 2026
Language
Python

Overview

Hermes Agent is a Python agent with a terminal UI and a gateway for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email. It creates skills from completed tasks, keeps agent-curated memory, searches past sessions with FTS5, runs cron jobs and spawns subagents; tools execute locally or in Docker, SSH, Modal, Daytona or Vercel Sandbox. Works with Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI or a custom endpoint.

Who it is for: Developers who want an always-on agent on a VPS reachable from chat apps

Strengths

  • Seven execution backends: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, Daytona and Vercel Sandbox
  • Built-in cron scheduler delivers results to any connected messaging platform
  • Imports settings, memories, skills and API keys from an existing OpenClaw install
  • MCP server support plus 40+ built-in tools grouped into toolsets

Weaknesses

  • Installer pulls Python 3.14, Node.js, npm, ripgrep and FFmpeg onto the host
  • No bundled browser UI; interfaces are the TUI and the messaging gateway
  • Web search, image generation, TTS and cloud browser steer toward the paid Nous Portal
  • Antivirus on Windows may quarantine the bundled uv.exe; whitelisting is documented

What it needs

  • no GPU
  • Docker + Compose
  • Models: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, custom endpoint

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