Inline Sidebar Tabs

What Inline Sidebar Tabs does

Hermes Desktop normally spends a second titlebar row on the tab strip. This plugin keeps the tabs beside the sidebar toggle instead, which gives the sidebar more room. It is automatic and needs no configuration: it checks the available space and applies the compact layout only when it fits, so narrow sidebars keep Hermes's native two-row layout.

Installation is a manual copy of the inline-sidebar-tabs folder so that plugin.js ends up in ~/.hermes/desktop-plugins/inline-sidebar-tabs/, followed by running Reload desktop plugins or restarting the app. To remove it, disable Inline Sidebar Tabs in the Plugins panel or delete the folder and reload, and Hermes returns to its default layout. The README says it is built against the October 2026 Hermes Desktop layout, and the plugin is released under the MIT license.

Key features

• Sessions and Bots tabs on the same row as the Hide sidebar button
• Automatic detection of whether the compact layout fits
• Native two-row layout kept for narrow sidebars
• Zero configuration and no Hermes core files modified
• Disable from the Plugins panel or by deleting the folder

When to use it

• Gaining vertical space in the Hermes Desktop sidebar
• Keeping the session list longer on screen without scrolling
• Trying a small layout tweak that is easy to remove

Who it is for: Hermes Desktop users who want a tighter sidebar layout.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

It is a Hermes Desktop plugin loaded from ~/.hermes/desktop-plugins/ that changes only the app's layout at runtime.

Requirements: Hermes Desktop, built against the October 2026 layout.

Note: The README says it is built against the October 2026 Hermes Desktop layout.

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