Hermes Agent
Nous Research's open-source personal agent that keeps memory and self-made skills across sessions and can be reached from a desktop app, the terminal or messaging apps such as Telegram, Slack and WhatsApp.
About Hermes Agent
Most chat assistants forget earlier work and only live in one app, so recurring tasks have to be explained again each time.
Who it’s for
- People who want an always-available assistant in the chat apps they already use
- Developers who want to run scheduled tasks and subagents in local, Docker, SSH or Modal sandboxes
When to consider it
Consider Hermes Agent when you want a self-hosted agent that remembers your projects, runs scheduled automations and works with the model provider of your choice.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- MIT licensed and free; model providers and optional hosted services are paid separately. Nous Portal plans for model and tool credits run from Free to $200 per month.
- The desktop app is for macOS 12+ and Windows 10/11; Linux uses the terminal installer.
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Documentation-based assessment · Oct 31, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
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Hermes Agent official website
Nous Research's open-source personal agent that keeps memory and self-made skills across sessions and can be reached from a desktop app, the terminal or messaging apps such as Telegram, Slack and WhatsApp.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-31. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.