Nous Research releases Hermes Desktop, an open-source AI agent app for Windows, macOS, and Linux under the MIT license

Hermes Desktop is now available as a public preview. The agent runs across platforms including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email, and the terminal.

The agent has persistent memory that stores projects and solution paths, can delegate to sub-agents with their own terminals and Python scripts, search the web, generate images, and read text aloud. Five backends are available for sandboxed execution: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, and Modal.

Through the Nous Portal, free and paid plans offer access to over 300 AI models. Documentation is available online.