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hermes-agent

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A self-hosted alternative to Claude Code

MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintSourceNo external DB35+ active committers (12mo)

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Hermes Agent is a self-improving AI assistant designed for people who want an agent that can remember, adapt, and operate across multiple interfaces. It supports a terminal-first workflow as well as...

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Features

  • built-in learning loop
  • skill creation and self-improvement
  • cross-session memory and search
  • scheduled automations
  • subagents and parallel workstreams
  • terminal UI
  • messaging gateway
  • model provider switching
  • tool gateway
  • voice memo transcription

Details

Last Updated
Jul 12, 2026
Created
Jul 22, 2025
Install Methods
source
Requirements
Python 3.11Node.jsuvripgrepffmpegGit Bash (MinGit on Windows)
Authentication
oauth
API
REST
Privacy & Independence
Cloud: Optional
User Model
Multi-User
Deployment

Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containerslight hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers

Docker Compose

2 services

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (2 volumes)

docker-compose.yml · @ cae6b54 · scanned Jun 4, 2026

#
# docker-compose.yml for Hermes Agent
#
# Usage:
#   HERMES_UID=$(id -u) HERMES_GID=$(id -g) docker compose up -d
#
# Set HERMES_UID / HERMES_GID to the host user that owns ~/.hermes so
# files created inside the container stay readable/writable on the host.
# The s6-overlay stage2 hook remaps the internal `hermes` user to these
# values via usermod/groupmod; each supervised service then drops to that
# user via `s6-setuidgid`.
#
# Security notes:
#   - The dashboard service binds to 127.0.0.1 by default. It stores API
#     keys; exposing it on LAN without auth is unsafe. If you want remote
#     access, use an SSH tunnel or put it behind a reverse proxy that
#     adds authentication — do NOT pass --insecure --host 0.0.0.0.
#   - If you override entrypoint, keep `/init` as the first command in
#     the chain (or let docker use the image's default ENTRYPOINT,
#     which is `["/init", "/opt/hermes/docker/main-wrapper.sh"]`).
# ...

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