Hermes TUI Distraction Free: plugin for Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent plugin that swaps the kaomoji spinner for plain text and disables the terminal pet

What Hermes TUI Distraction Free does

The README's premise is that the terminal is for work. This plugin removes two decorations from the Hermes TUI. The first is the busy spinner kaomoji, such as the face that appears next to the word musing, which becomes a plain Working label. That behavior is controlled by the NO_TUI_BLOAT setting. The second is the pet in the terminal, which is disabled through NO_TUI_PET while the desktop pet stays available.

Installation is a git clone into the ~/.hermes/plugins/ directory, followed by enabling tui-distraction-free under plugins.enabled in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Both behaviors are switched on by exporting the environment variables NO_TUI_BLOAT=1 and NO_TUI_PET=1. The README is short and lists no further options, so the plugin is limited to these two changes.

Key features

Replaces the busy spinner kaomoji with a plain Working label
Disables the pet in the terminal while keeping the desktop pet
Switched by the NO_TUI_BLOAT and NO_TUI_PET environment variables
Enabled through the plugins.enabled list in config.yaml

When to use it

Getting a quieter Hermes terminal during focused work
Keeping the desktop pet while removing it from terminal sessions

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who want a plainer terminal interface without spinner faces or a terminal pet.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

A plugin for the Hermes Agent TUI, installed into ~/.hermes/plugins/ and enabled in config.yaml.

How to install Hermes TUI Distraction Free

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

cd ~/.hermes/plugins/ && git clone https://github.com/vadim-a-yegorov/hermes-tui-distraction-free/

Note: The README's clone URL points to vadim-a-yegorov/hermes-tui-distraction-free rather than to the v-y-archive repository.

FAQ

What is Hermes TUI Distraction Free?

It is a Hermes Agent plugin that strips decorative elements from the terminal UI. It swaps the kaomoji busy spinner for a plain Working label and disables the pet in the terminal.

Does Hermes TUI Distraction Free work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, it is a Hermes Agent plugin. Clone it into ~/.hermes/plugins/, add tui-distraction-free to plugins.enabled in config.yaml, and set NO_TUI_BLOAT=1 and NO_TUI_PET=1.

Is Hermes TUI Distraction Free free and open source?

Yes. The repository is released under the MIT license.