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Fleet: Local Console for Managing Dockerized Hermes AI Agents

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Fleet: Local Console for Managing Dockerized Hermes AI Agents

Key takeaway

Fleet is a web-based control plane for managing multiple Dockerized Hermes AI agents on trusted machines. It consolidates agent monitoring, chat access, credential management, and remote node coordination into a single dashboard while keeping runtime state and secrets local by default. The tool is designed for technical operators running personal or team infrastructure and is available now through npm setup.

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3 Key Points

  • What happened

    Fleet is a new local-first web console designed to create, configure, monitor, and operate Dockerized Hermes agents across one or more trusted machines. It provides a single operator view for managing service health, provider defaults, shared credentials, chat sessions, and remote nodes, along with features like backups, restores, clones, VNC access, and terminal connectivity.

  • Why it matters

    Teams and individuals running personal or team-controlled agent infrastructure on workstations, homelabs, or trusted LANs gain a unified dashboard to coordinate multiple agents without moving runtime state and secrets outside their local environment. The tool addresses the operational complexity that arises once more than one agent is running, making it easier to manage what would otherwise become unwieldy.

  • What to watch

    Fleet requires Node.js 20+, npm 10+, Docker with Docker Compose v2, and optionally nemohermes on PATH for sandbox agents. The console binds to 0.0.0.0 by default for trusted LAN access but keeps local-only mode available by setting HERMES_CONSOLE_HOST=127.0.0.1, and requires API authentication when exposed to a network.

FAQ

What are the minimum technical requirements to run Fleet?
Fleet requires Node.js 20 and above, npm 10 and above, Docker with Docker Compose v2, and git if you want Fleet to clone the default Hermes source checkout automatically. The nemohermes runner on PATH is optional and needed only if you plan to create Nemo Hermes sandbox agents.
Can Fleet operate agents on multiple machines?
Yes. Fleet Nodes let one console coordinate other Fleet consoles on trusted machines. You add remote consoles in Fleet settings with a label, base URL, optional bearer token, and enabled state; the dashboard then merges local and remote agents and routes actions like create, start, stop, restart, update, delete, backup, and chat through the selected node.
How does Fleet keep secrets and credentials secure?
Runtime state and secrets stay local by default. Fleet stores shared provider credentials in ignored local files (secrets/global-provider.json, secrets/global-credentials.env, and secrets/global-oauth/) and syncs them into selected agents. The server refuses non-loopback binds unless HERMES_CONSOLE_TOKEN is set, and API auth is enabled by default.

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