hermes-agent
★ 252.6kA self-hosted alternative to Claude Code
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintSourceNo external DB35+ active committers (12mo)
About
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
- Oct 11, 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 Containers — light 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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