Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes: app and UI for Hermes Agent

Eight readable themes for the Hermes Agent web dashboard, from high contrast to Kanban-focused

What Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes does

Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes is a small pack of custom themes for the Hermes Agent web dashboard, designed for long sessions: strong contrast, normal letter spacing, readable fonts, reduced glow and noise, and layout tweaks for larger controls or Kanban-focused work.

Four themes are practical layouts: Terminal Focus (black, with larger code and log text), High Contrast Clean XL (an accessibility-first black and charcoal theme), Obsidian XL (a large dark command layout) and Kanban HQ (compact columns and strong status colors). The other four take their palettes from media: Hinokami Night, Shadow Monarch, Shinigami Ledger and Codex Desktop Noir. The themes are user-local YAML files discovered from ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/, so they do not overwrite the built-in dashboard themes. A shell script installs them from a cloned copy, and the active theme is stored in the Hermes config under dashboard.theme.

Key features

Eight YAML themes for the Hermes web dashboard
Accessibility-minded options with larger controls and text
Kanban HQ theme with compact columns and readable status colors
Installs into ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/ without touching built-in themes
One-command install script, scripts/install.sh
Selected from the dashboard's Switch theme control

When to use it

Making the Hermes dashboard easier to read during long working sessions
Running a Kanban-first dashboard view for multi-agent task boards
Using the YAML files as a base for your own dashboard theme

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who work in the web dashboard for long stretches and want higher contrast or larger controls.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for the Hermes Agent web dashboard: themes are YAML files that Hermes discovers from ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/ and lists under Switch theme.

How to install Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes

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

mkdir -p ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes
cp themes/*.yaml ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/

FAQ

What is Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes?

It is a pack of eight custom themes for the Hermes Agent web dashboard. The themes favor strong contrast, readable fonts and larger controls for long sessions.

How do I install Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes?

Copy the YAML files from the themes folder into ~/.hermes/dashboard-themes/, or run ./scripts/install.sh from a cloned copy. Then restart or refresh the dashboard and choose a theme with Switch theme.

Is Yak's Hermes Dashboard Themes free and open source?

Yes. The repository is released under the MIT license.