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Hermes Agent

Self-improving AI agent for the terminal and your chat apps

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What it is

Hermes Agent is a general-purpose AI agent from Nous Research that runs in a terminal interface or through a gateway to Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and Signal. It keeps its own memory, writes and refines reusable skills after complex tasks, searches past sessions, runs scheduled jobs from natural-language instructions, and can spawn subagents for parallel work. People who want a persistent assistant on a cheap VPS, a GPU box, or serverless sandboxes can point it at any model provider, including OpenRouter, OpenAI, or a local endpoint.

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255,490 GitHub stars.
255,490

Forks
55,663
Commits
57,060
Contributors
500+
Language
Python
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
July 2025
First release
March 2026
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, CLI, self-hosted
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
Claude Code, ChatGPT
Tags
  • agent-skills
  • ai-assistant
  • multi-agent
  • workflow-automation
  • ai-memory
  • ai-agents

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • Hacker NewsMigrate from OpenClawJun 18, 2026 · 122 points · 105 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Oh. So Hermes is pretty neat, huh? Y'all all know about this already? hermes-agent.nousresearch.com”Jul 4, 2026 · 45 likes · 16 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“I’ve started hearing more and more about Hermes as an alternative to OpenClaw that requires less configuration and hand holding. OpenClaw seems to be winning…”Jun 6, 2026 · 23 likes · 10 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes DesktopJun 2, 2026 · 27 points · 6 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsNous Research edits GitHub issue to remove plagiarism claims about Hermes AgentMay 19, 2026 · 8 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“really like this website design”Oct 16, 2026 · 6 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsNousResearch/hermes-agent: The agent that grows with youMar 5, 2026 · 4 points · 3 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent is now natively supported on WindowsJun 1, 2026 · 5 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent by Nous ResearchApr 3, 2026 · 5 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Hermes Agent is Nous Research's open-source, self-hosted agent harness, with persistent memory, reusable skills, and a gateway for messaging platforms.”Oct 1, 2026 · 1 like · 3 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent – Open-Source AI Agent That Grows with YouAug 25, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent has 23000 open PRs and climbingAug 24, 2026 · 3 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent: The self-improving AI agentMar 11, 2026 · 3 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Has anyone tried Hermes Agent in their research, coding, or work in ecology or academia in general? I am looking into it as an opensource version of Claude…”Aug 21, 2026 · 2 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes: The Agent That Grows with YouMay 22, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent by Nous ResearchApr 19, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent now supports Claude Pro/Max subscriptionsSep 21, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Kanban – Multi-Agent Profile CollaborationSep 7, 2026 · 1 point · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAsking "Was EvoMap's Evolver a reference" for Hermes gets deleted and blockedAug 7, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsHermes Agent v0.20.0Aug 3, 2026 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)