Hermes Desktop

What Hermes Desktop does

Hermes Desktop packages Hermes Agent as a ready-to-use Electron app. It bundles a standalone Python 3.11 runtime, Node.js 22, ripgrep and the Hermes environment, so installation needs no Python, pip or environment variables. The app starts a hermes-webui subprocess on port 8787 and loads it in the main window, while user data lives in ~/.hermes/ and is shared with the command-line Hermes.

You choose a provider and enter an API key. Listed providers are Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible custom API, and keys are stored locally. The README lists more than 40 tools, 159 built-in skills, gateways for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Feishu and WeChat, cron scheduling, drag-and-drop files, skill editing, a system tray, auto-update, and installation of the hermes command onto PATH. Builds are offered for macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel and for Windows x64. The README adds that OpenAI Codex OAuth is not in the setup wizard and can be added with hermes auth add openai-codex.

Key features

• Bundled Python 3.11, Node.js 22 and ripgrep, so no development tools are needed
• Setup wizard for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama or a custom API
• API keys stored locally on the machine
• Gateways for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Feishu and WeChat
• Cron scheduling, skill editing, drag-and-drop files and auto-update
• Installs the hermes command onto PATH for terminal use

When to use it

• Giving a non-programmer a double-click install of Hermes Agent
• Using the same ~/.hermes configuration from both the desktop app and the terminal
• Scheduling cron tasks whose results are pushed to a chat platform

Who it is for: People who want Hermes Agent on macOS or Windows without installing Python or managing a toolchain.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for Hermes Agent: it bundles the agent and its web UI and shares the same ~/.hermes configuration as the CLI.

Requirements: macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel) or Windows x64, plus an API key from a supported provider or a local Ollama model

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