Hermes Agent
Open-source self-improving AI agent from Nous Research with a built-in learning loop and one-step migration from OpenClaw.
Last release Sep 7, 2026 · Last commit Sep 6, 2026 · ★ 242,475
Overview
Hermes Agent is an MIT-licensed open-source AI agent from Nous Research, released in February 2026, built around a persistent memory and self-improvement loop that lets it build reusable skills over time. Its setup wizard can automatically detect and migrate an existing OpenClaw installation (settings, memories, skills, API keys). Like OpenClaw it is a general-purpose agent framework rather than a crypto-native tool; onchain use depends on installed skills/MCP servers.
Sato Score
84/100· HighHow open, active & verifiable — not a safety or returns grade.
- Maintenance & liveness
- 35/35
- Code transparency
- 20/20
- Interface verifiability
- 0/10
- Docs & demo
- 6/10
- Listing transparency & provenance
- 15/15
- Independent verification
- 8/10
Independently verified — listing reviewed against evidence, never self-reported.
Observed record — 57 daily checks since 2026-07-14
- Succeeded
- 57
- Failed
- 0
- Their error
- 0
- Unattributed
- 0
This is the share of our daily checks that succeeded — not an availability guarantee. A check can fail because the host was down, because our runner timed out, or because the network in between dropped it, and only the first of those is a fact about this project. Failures are split by what we can attribute; anything we cannot attribute is counted, not hidden. 49 of these checks predate 2026-09-01, when the probe counted a bot-block (HTTP 403) as a failure and recorded no reason for any failure. Rates spanning that date mix two definitions. Since then: 100%.
Last 30 days — to 2026-09-09, one point per UTC day
A gap is a day we have no attributable observation — never a zero. Thirty points is the whole shape the free layer carries; the daily rows behind it stay in the snapshot series.
Details
- Chains
- Unknown
- Agent types
- Personal Assistant, Agent Framework, Self-improving
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free / self-hosted (open source, MIT)
- Deploys as
- Self-hosted, Dockerfrom project docs · 2026-06-25
- Works with
- Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, MCP, OpenRouter, OpenAIfrom project docs · 2026-06-25
- Last checked
- 2026-09-08
Marketplace Signals
- ▸ Functional agent
Verification status reflects evidence reviewed by Sato Hub. Self-reported claims are never presented as verified.
Recent Activity
All news →Releases and posts from Hermes Agent, pulled from its GitHub and X.
Hermes now has first-class support in Omarchy, @DHH’s Arch-based agentic Linux distribution. Install the desktop app from the AI menu, or make Hermes your default terminal agent. Your Omarchy theme se
Hermes now has first-class support in Omarchy, @DHH’s Arch-based agentic Linux distribution. Install the desktop app from the AI menu, or make Hermes your default terminal agent. Your Omarchy theme sets the colors in the desktop app, the TUI and the CLI. https://t.co/mFClENLA62 https://t.co/FUZa3uaq6D
hermes-agent Hermes Agent v0.21.1 (v2026.9.7)
Hermes Agent v0.21.1 (v2026.9.7) Release Date: September 7, 2026 Patch release. This tag rolls up current main since v0.21.0 for tagged deployments and downstream consumers. About this release Measured at commit 6178e9f4eed8d99f4fc550add939d58c7bed6206 , the window since v0.21.0 contains 5,139 non-merge commits across 4,364 changed files (+601,014 / −768,419). GitHub reports 632 merged PRs in the
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Hermes Desktop now sets up local models in one click. It automatically reads your hardware, picks the best model for you, then downloads it and configures the runtime. https://t.co/LDw5x9xL5U
Listing History
Recorded changes to Hermes Agent's listing — status, verification, Sato Score, and recent releases. Full history is kept in the listing record.
- Sep 7, 2026New release published
- Aug 31, 2026New release published
- Jun 25, 2026Enriched: has pricing, pricing url, marketplace notes
- Jun 25, 2026Auto-enriched: creator name, creator profile url, supported integrations, deployment options
- Jun 16, 2026Edited: deploy spec
- Jun 16, 202614 releases trackedShowing the 2 most recent. Full release history is retained in the listing record.
- Jun 11, 2026Sato Hub began tracking this listing
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