Hermes Battlestation: app and UI for Hermes Agent

Desktop and mobile cockpit for a local Hermes agent: chat, repos, fleet, kanban, terminal and Obsidian

What Hermes Battlestation does

The app boots a local server and opens a window. Settings, then Setup, point it at the Hermes binary, repo roots and an optional Obsidian vault, and it shows green or amber status chips. Chat streams tokens from the agent over ACP, one session per repo. Repos lists local git repositories with each branch or worktree as a workspace and creates worktrees in one tap.

Fleet probes your other machines' agents with an HTTP up or down check and optional read-only GPU and CPU telemetry, and SSH is locked to a read-only allowlist so the fleet never opens a remote shell. Obsidian shows a shared, git-backed vault that every agent commits notes into, with commit authors, sync state and a pull, commit and push action. Kanban, tasks and PRs, an editor, a terminal, diffs and automations round out the cockpit. Installers cover Linux (AppImage, deb), macOS (dmg) and Windows (exe), and the iOS shell points at a tailnet host.

Key features

Live token-streaming chat with the agent over ACP, one session per repo
Git worktree workspaces created in one tap
Fleet view with agent up or down probes and read-only telemetry
Shared git-backed Obsidian vault with commit authors and sync state
Kanban, tasks and PRs, editor, terminal, diff and automations
Electron desktop installers and a Capacitor iOS shell

When to use it

Chat with a local Hermes agent per repository from a desktop window
Check from a phone over Tailscale whether agents on other machines are up
Keep one shared Obsidian vault that several agents commit notes into

Who it is for: Developers who run Hermes on their own machines and want one desktop and mobile cockpit for repos, agents and notes.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built around a local Hermes install. It points at the Hermes binary and chats with the agent over ACP.

How to install Hermes Battlestation

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

npm install
npm run electron:rebuild
npm run electron:dev

Requirements: A Hermes binary on PATH (default hermes), an optional git-backed Obsidian vault, and Tailscale for mobile access

Note: Installers are unsigned, so macOS Gatekeeper or Windows SmartScreen may need a manual override on first launch.

FAQ

What is Hermes Battlestation?

Hermes Battlestation is a desktop and mobile cockpit for a local Hermes agent. It combines chat, repos, fleet status, kanban, terminal, editor and an Obsidian vault.

Does Hermes Battlestation work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, it is built for it. You point Settings, then Setup, at your Hermes binary, and the app chats with your local install over ACP.

Is Hermes Battlestation free and open source?

Yes, the repository is licensed under MIT. Installers are unsigned, so macOS Gatekeeper or Windows SmartScreen may need a manual override on first launch.