Hermes iOS

What Hermes iOS does

Hermes iOS has three parts: a native iPhone app, a relay, and a connector that runs next to the Hermes install. The relay is yours and the app can point to any compatible relay, so the runtime does not turn into a hosted service. The app provides streaming chat with attachments, inline diffs and returned images, a voice mode using OpenAI Realtime with live camera context, Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and a slash-command catalog drawn from Hermes built-ins, installed skills, personalities and quick commands. APNs and CarPlay are supported but optional.

The connector stores sensor data from the phone in a local SQLite database at ~/.hermes-mobile/sensors.db. That includes GPS location with reverse-geocoded addresses, 11 HealthKit metrics such as steps, heart rate, sleep and blood oxygen, and CoreMotion activity. Hermes reads it through the hermes_mobile MCP server, which has 8 tools covering location, location history, health summary, single metrics, activity, the schema and read-only custom SQL queries. The README says the data never leaves the user's machine. The project states that it is independent and not affiliated with Nous Research.

Key features

• Streaming chat with attachments, inline diffs and returned images
• Voice mode with OpenAI Realtime and live camera context
• Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
• Sensor pipeline for location, 11 HealthKit metrics and motion activity
• hermes_mobile MCP server with 8 tools, including read-only SQL queries
• Self-hosted relay and connector pairing with background service support

When to use it

• Asking Hermes for dinner suggestions based on where your phone has been today
• Having Hermes review weekly steps, sleep and heart rate data
• Using Hermes from an iPhone by chat or voice while the runtime stays on your own machine

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users with an iPhone who want to run the agent on their own hardware and reach it from the phone.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for a user-owned Hermes runtime, adding an iOS app, a relay and a connector that exposes iPhone data to Hermes over MCP.

Note: It is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.

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