What is Hermes?
Hermes is an intelligent AI assistant created by Nous Research that runs as a desktop application. Unlike cloud-only chatbots, Hermes lives on your own machine — giving you full control, privacy, and the ability to work directly with your files, terminal, browser, and tools.
Key Features
- Full Desktop Integration — Read/write files, run terminal commands, control your browser, and manage your system from one interface.
- Multi-Model Support — Switch between models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and more. Use different models for different tasks.
- Skills System — A modular skill architecture that lets Hermes load specialized knowledge on demand — like having an expert in every field at your fingertips.
- Delegation — Hermes can spawn sub-agents to work on multiple tasks simultaneously. Perfect for complex projects with parallel workstreams.
- Cron Jobs — Schedule recurring tasks. Have Hermes monitor your systems, send daily briefings, or run automated checks.
- Gateway Integrations — Connect Hermes to Telegram, Discord, Slack, SMS, and more for always-on access.
- Memory & Session Search — Hermes remembers important facts across sessions and can search your conversation history.
Why Hermes?
Most AI tools are either too simple (basic chat) or too complex (enterprise orchestrators). Hermes hits the sweet spot — powerful enough to handle real work, but designed to feel like a natural extension of how you already operate.
Whether you are writing code, managing a team, creating content, or automating a business — Hermes adapts to your workflow instead of forcing you to adapt to it.
Built by Nous Research
Nous Research is known for pushing the boundaries of open-source AI. Hermes is their vision of what an AI assistant should be: transparent, private, extensible, and genuinely useful.
Get Started
Hermes is available now at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com. Download it for Linux and start building smarter workflows today.
