Overview

Hermes Agent is an open-source desktop AI agent from Nous Research that lives across the communication channels you already use — Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, and CLI — while keeping unified memory and context. It learns from your projects and problem-solving, schedules and automates tasks through natural language, and delegates work to subagents that run in isolated conversations and execution environments. Hermes can browse and search the web, see with vision, generate images, and speak with text-to-speech, and it executes work safely across multiple sandbox backends (local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal). Paid tiers add monthly model-usage credits with access to 300+ models, but the app itself is MIT-licensed and free to self-host.

Pricing: Free | Plus, Super, Ultra paid tiers with monthly credits

Minimum macOS: 12.0 (Monterey)

Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel

Key Features

Connects across Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, and CLI with unified memory
Persistent memory that learns from your projects and problem-solving
Natural language scheduling and task automation
Subagent delegation with isolated conversations and execution environments
Web browsing, search, vision, and image generation
Multiple sandbox backends — local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal
Auto-generated skills
Access to 300+ models on paid tiers
Open source under the MIT license