Hermes Agent - Desktop
It is impossible to stay on top of all the new stuff. but this one is interesting as an interim solution - as I prefer Open WebUI, but I need to learn more how to get out of the sandbox. Hermes is not so picky about security ...
Let's give it a try on my private laptop - using our M4 as the 🧠,
$ curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
$ How would you like to set up Hermes?
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(●) Quick Setup (Nous Portal) — free OAuth login, no API keys, model + tools (recommended)
(○) Full setup — configure every provider, tool & option yourself (bring your own keys)
→ (○) Blank Slate — everything off except the bare minimum; opt in to each capability
$ Select provider:
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(○) Google AI Studio (Native Gemini API)
(○) DeepSeek (V3, R1, coder, direct API)
(○) Z.AI / GLM (Zhipu direct API)
(○) Kimi / Moonshot ▸ (Coding Plan, Moonshot global & China endpoints)
(○) StepFun Step Plan (Agent / coding models via Step Plan API)
(○) MiniMax ▸ (Global, OAuth Coding Plan & China endpoints)
(○) Ollama Cloud (Cloud-hosted open models, ollama.com)
(○) Arcee AI (Trinity models, direct API)
(○) GMI Cloud (Multi-model direct API)
(○) Kilo Code (Kilo Gateway API)
(○) OpenCode ▸ (Zen pay-as-you-go or Go subscription)
(○) AWS Bedrock (Claude, Nova, Llama, DeepSeek; IAM or API key)
(○) Azure Foundry (OpenAI-style or Anthropic-style endpoint, your Azure AI deployment)
(○) Qwen OAuth (Reuses local Qwen CLI login)
(○) Alibaba Cloud Coding Plan (Dedicated coding tier)
→ (○) custom (direct API)
(○) Custom endpoint (enter URL manually)
(○) Configure auxiliary models...
(○) Leave unchanged
# ... some private stuff
Select terminal backend:
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(○) Local - run directly on this machine (default)
(○) Docker - isolated container with configurable resources
(○) Modal - serverless cloud sandbox
(○) SSH - run on a remote machine
(○) Daytona - persistent cloud development environment
(○) Singularity/Apptainer - HPC-friendly container
→ (●) Keep current (local)
Your minimal agent is ready. What next?
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→ (●) Start with everything disabled — finish now (most minimal)
(○) Walk through all configurations — opt in to tools, skills, plugins, MCP
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ volta run --node 22 hermes desktop
→ Installing desktop workspace dependencies...
Let's ask it the questions of all questions to see if it works ...
