Nous Research has released Hermes Desktop in public preview. It is a native application for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It gives the open-source Hermes Agent a graphical interface. Until now, users ran Hermes through a CLI and messaging gateways. The current build is Hermes Agent v0.15.2.
Per Nous Research’s documentation, the desktop reuses the same agent core. It shares configuration, API keys, sessions, skills, and memory with the CLI and gateway. The desktop is another surface over one agent, not a fork.
What is Hermes Desktop
Hermes Agent is an autonomous AI agent. It is not a coding copilot tied to an editor. It runs tasks, calls tools, and keeps state across sessions. An agent here means a model that plans, acts, and observes in a loop.
Hermes Desktop is a GUI on top of that same agent core. It needs no terminal to use. The window shows streaming responses and live tool activity. A right-hand pane previews web pages, files, and tool outputs. It also includes a file browser, voice input and output, and a settings UI.
