Is hermes-agent still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v0.23.0, yesterday.

Can I trust hermes-agent?

Widely used. 261k stars, 1 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to set up hermes-agent (NousResearch/hermes-agent) · gitmanual

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NousResearch/hermes-agent

The agent that grows with you

Node.jsPython#ai#ai-agent#ai-agents#anthropic

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 261,339
Activity: Updated this month
License: MIT
Open issues: 53,478
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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v0.23.0, yesterday.
Can I trust it?: Widely used261k stars, 1 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗hermes-agent.nousresearch.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗hermes-agent.nousresearch.comLinked from the README.

Setup script in the repo

The maintainers included setup-hermes.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash setup-hermes.sh

Also: scripts/install.sh, setup-hermes.ps1, scripts/install.cmd, scripts/install.ps1

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

The README gives a install script install for macOS.

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Install with a package manager

install script

curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 26runtime
1×Python 3.14runtime
1×pnpm package manager
1×uv package manager
1×PostgreSQL service

11× settings in .env

TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE
TERMINAL_TIMEOUT
TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS
BROWSERBASE_PROXIES
BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH
BROWSER_SESSION_TIMEOUT
BROWSER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT
WEB_TOOLS_DEBUG
VISION_TOOLS_DEBUG
MOA_TOOLS_DEBUG
IMAGE_TOOLS_DEBUG

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Dockerfile available (base image: debian:trixie-20261020@sha256:4c25275446ca371766b8b093c696782eabce06263fccacb8d5d813b3dc44b308).
justfile found — run just --list to see available tasks.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/bootstrap-installer/package.json, apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/Cargo.toml, apps/desktop/electron/find-in-page-native-fixture/package.json, apps/desktop/electron/preview-activity-native-fixture/package.json and 11 more

package.json scripts (15)

preinstallnode -e "const ua=(process.env.npm_config_user_agent||'').split(' ')[0];let pin,why;try{pin=require('./pm/lock.json').packages.pnpm.version}catch(e){why=e.code||e.message}if(typeof pin==='string'&&ua==='pnpm/'+pin)process.exit(0);console.error(typeof pin==='string'?'This repository installs with pnpm '+pin+' (pm/lock.json), found '+(ua||'no user agent')+': source ./activate (PowerShell: . ./activate.ps1) provides it, then run pnpm install --frozen-lockfile':'pm/lock.json pins no pnpm'+(why?' ('+why+')':'')+': restore it from git');process.exit(1)"
postinstallecho '✅ Node dependencies installed. Run: python run_agent.py --help'
install:rootpnpm install --filter .
install:webpnpm install --filter web...
install:tuipnpm install --filter hermes-tui...
install:desktoppnpm install --filter hermes...
audit:rootpnpm audit --filter .
audit:webpnpm audit --filter web
audit:tuipnpm audit --filter hermes-tui
audit:fix:rootpnpm audit --fix --filter .
audit:fix:webpnpm audit --fix --filter web
audit:fix:tuipnpm audit --fix --filter hermes-tui
checkpnpm -r check
fixpnpm -r fix
preparenode -e "const {existsSync}=require('fs');const {spawnSync}=require('child_process');if(existsSync('.git'))spawnSync('lefthook',['install'],{stdio:'inherit',shell:true})"

Files we read (18)

.env.example

.github/workflows/bootstrap-installer-build.yml

.github/workflows/catalog-tests.yml

.github/workflows/ci-review-comment.yml

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml

.github/workflows/js-tests.yml

.nvmrc

.python-version

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

README.md

docker-compose.yml

justfile

package.json

pnpm-workspace.yaml

pyproject.toml

setup.py

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