Run a self-improving AI agent that learns from your interactions and can be accessed from various platforms.
From the README
curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
- Windows Defender: Run PowerShell as Admin → Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\hermes\bin"
- Bitdefender: Add an exception in the Bitdefender console (Protection > Antivirus > Settings > Manage Exceptions)
- Whitelist the folder, not the file hash — Hermes updates uv and the hash changes every version
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hermes-agent has 238k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 48.6k times. hermes-agent is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2025. hermes-agent is available under the MIT license. Its main topics are ai, ai-agent, ai-agents, anthropic.
What is hermes-agent?
The agent that grows with you
Is hermes-agent open source?
hermes-agent is an open-source project. It is released under the MIT license.
Is hermes-agent free?
Yes. hermes-agent is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.
What license does hermes-agent use?
hermes-agent is available under the MIT license.
What language is hermes-agent written in?
hermes-agent is written mainly in Python.
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