SoftwareRuntime

Hermes Agent

Project record

Hermes Agent is an agent runtime from Nous Research with command-line and messaging interfaces, persistent memory, reusable skills, and scheduled tasks. It can connect to different model providers and local or remote execution backends. It is separate from the Hermes family of language models.1 3Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Website: Website (external site: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
Repository: Repository (external site: github.com)
Documentation: Documentation (external site: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
License: LICENSE (external site: github.com)
Release notes: Reviewed release (external site: github.com)

Last reviewedOct 1, 2026Entry updated Oct 1, 2026Documented release Unknown

Availability and license

Overall availability

Public

Source code and installation documentation are public. Model-provider and connected-service access are configured separately.1 3

Availability fact review: Oct 1, 2026

Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.

MIT License (external site: github.com)2
Applies to: Code · SPDX MIT · on the rubric’s OSI-approved software-license list · fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

The MIT entry applies to this project’s code. It does not license model weights, external services, or third-party components; consult their respective terms and notices.2 1Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Component reuse rights

A readable or downloadable component is not automatically reusable. These indicators concern recorded license evidence, not system certification.

weights: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
code: Reviewed qualifying license recorded — check scope and conditions
data: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
documentation: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review

No complete system-rights review is recorded for this release.

Public materials checklist

Items for a runtime under USASI rubric v0.2. Unknown means unassessed or insufficient evidence.

Public materials checklist for Hermes Agent
Item	Status	Notes and evidence
Source codeIs the source code publicly readable?	Public	Public project repository.1
DocumentationIs user documentation published?	Public	Public official documentation.3
InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available?	Public	Official documentation provides shell and PowerShell installers and distinguishes desktop packages, command-line installation, Docker, and other supported methods. Provider access and optional integrations require separate configuration.3
Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented?	Public	The support matrix prioritizes Apple Silicon macOS, Windows 10/11, Linux/WSL2, and Docker, with architecture and packaging qualifications. Nix and aarch64 Android/Termux are best-effort. Intel macOS uses the darwin-x64 bundle or CLI route, not the Apple Silicon-only bootstrap installer; Linux desktop release packaging is disabled.7
Release statusAre versioned releases published?	Public	Reviewed Hermes Agent v0.21.5, tagged v2026.9.24 and published September 24, 2026. This entry describes the project rather than one release; current main-branch documentation may describe later work.4

What it is useful for

Building persistent assistants and tool-using workflows with configurable model providers, execution environments, and messaging channels.3Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Organization context

Nous Research

U.S. eligibility

Project eligibility rests on documented governing or maintaining entities, not on contributors.

Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project

Nous Research publishes and maintains Hermes Agent. Its official portal terms identify Nous Research, Inc. as a Delaware corporation, and its careers page documents New York office operations and Hermes Agent engineering roles. These sources establish U.S.-based project stewardship; they do not establish a headquarters address.1 5 6

Assessed Oct 1, 2026

Sources

1.
Hermes Agent repository and README (external site: github.com)
Nous Research · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
2.
Hermes Agent MIT LICENSE (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Nous Research · License · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
3.
Hermes Agent official documentation (external site: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
Nous Research · Documentation · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
4.
Hermes Agent reviewed tagged release (external site: github.com)
Nous Research · Release notes · published Sep 24, 2026 · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
5.
Nous Portal terms — contracting entity (external site: portal.nousresearch.com)
Nous Research · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
6.
Nous Research careers — office operations and Hermes Agent roles (external site: nousresearch.com)
Nous Research · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
7.
Hermes Agent platform support matrix (external site: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
Nous Research · Documentation · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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