Republic: app and UI for Hermes Agent

Daedalus dashboard theme for Hermes Agent in near-black, bone and radioactive yellow

What Republic does

Daedalus is a single self-contained YAML theme that works with Hermes Agent v0.11.0 and later. It replaces the default soft cream-on-teal look with bone parchment over a near-black ground, uses radioactive yellow as structural material rather than an accent, and adds magenta and cyan micro-marks. Type is Geist Mono Bold for display, IBM Plex Sans for body text and IBM Plex Mono for labels, with square corners, hairline rules, sector codes and page numbers.

Signature elements include a top status strip, a corner-bracket frame, registration marks on the content area and a monospace footer ticker, delivered through about 29 KiB of custom CSS. The theme is installed by downloading daedalus.yaml into ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes, or into a profile's own dashboard-themes folder. The full design specification is in DESIGN.md, covering color, type, spacing and components, and screenshots show the Sessions, Analytics and Skills pages.

Key features

Single YAML theme file selected from the dashboard theme picker
Documented palette of near-black, bone, radioactive yellow, cyan, magenta and lime
Geist Mono Bold and IBM Plex typography
Status strip, corner brackets and footer ticker
Works per Hermes profile through each profile's dashboard-themes folder
Full design spec in DESIGN.md

When to use it

Restyling the Hermes dashboard as a dark console
Using the theme file as a worked example when writing a custom dashboard theme
Applying the same look to several Hermes profiles

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who want a different look for the dashboard, and theme authors looking for a detailed example.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

A theme for the Hermes Agent dashboard, installed by placing one file in the Hermes dashboard-themes directory.

How to install Republic

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

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JustinPerea/Republic/main/theme/daedalus.yaml \
  -o ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/daedalus.yaml

Requirements: Hermes Agent v0.11.0 or newer with the dashboard

FAQ

What is Republic?

Republic is a collection of Hermes Agent dashboard themes. Its first release, Daedalus, uses near-black, bone and radioactive yellow in a console style inspired by The Designers Republic and Marathon.

Does Republic work with Hermes Agent?

Yes. Daedalus is a YAML theme for the Hermes Agent dashboard and requires Hermes Agent v0.11.0 or newer.

How do I install Republic?

Download theme/daedalus.yaml into ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes with the curl command from the README, or into a profile's dashboard-themes folder. Restart the dashboard or call the rescan endpoint, then pick DAEDALUS in the theme picker.