Hermes Desktop
An open source terminal agent that builds its own skills
Hermes Desktop launched on June 3, 2026 with 215 votes, #134 of 22,648 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
What it does
Hermes Desktop — the open-source agent that grows with you, now a native app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. By Nous Research.
Download Hermes Desktop, the native Hermes Agent app for macOS, Windows and Linux. One-click installers bring your memory, skills, agents and tools into a focused desktop interface.
The Hermes Agent app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Memory, skills, agents and tools, outside the terminal. Hermes Agent is an open-source autonomous agent by Nous Research. It learns across sessions, writes its own skills from hard-won experience, and keeps improving them in use. Run it for a week and it knows your projects, your preferences, and how you like things done. Hermes Desktop is that same agent as a native app. Add plugins to extend or modify it (new tools, hooks, themes and integrations) without touching its core. Yes. Hermes Desktop is the open-source Hermes Agent under an MIT license, free to download and use. macOS 12 or later, Windows 10/11, and any Linux distribution. On…from hermes-agent.nousresearch.com
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