Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is an agent app that remembers past work, builds reusable skills, and runs tasks on a schedule for people who want a personal assistant that improves over time.
What it is good for
- Running a personal assistant that keeps memory across chats
- Scheduling daily reports and nightly backups without supervision
- Chatting with an AI agent from Telegram or Discord while it works
- Searching and summarizing past conversations with an AI agent
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, OpenRouter
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 259,642
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Hermes Agent free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Hermes Agent?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Hermes Agent work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and OpenRouter.
- What is Hermes Agent good for?
- Running a personal assistant that keeps memory across chats, scheduling daily reports and nightly backups without supervision, chatting with an AI agent from Telegram or Discord while it works, and searching and summarizing past conversations with an AI agent.
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