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Hermes
Hermes is an open-source autonomous AI agent with persistent memory, reusable skills, tools, messaging integrations, and desktop or CLI access.

Hermes Agent runs tasks through local or remote terminal backends, remembers information across sessions, creates reusable skills, and can delegate work to specialist bots. It supports CLI, desktop, web dashboard, messaging platforms, scheduled automations, web tools, MCP servers, and multiple model providers.
It is available under the MIT License and can run on Linux, macOS, Windows, WSL2, or Android through Termux. Nous Portal includes free and paid plans; hosted models, tools, cloud hosting, and usage credits may cost extra.
Features
- Persistent cross-session memory with LLM summarization
- Creates and improves reusable skills from experience
- Runs terminal tasks locally, in Docker, SSH, Daytona, Singularity, Modal, or Vercel Sandbox
- Connects to 20+ messaging platforms through one gateway
- Built-in web search, browser automation, image generation, TTS, and file tools
- Scheduled automations with cron and message delivery
- Multi-agent Bot Mode with specialist bots, memory, skills, routines, and chats
- MIT License with source code available on GitHub
Use cases
- Research topics using web search, extraction, browser automation, and persistent notes
- Automate recurring tasks and deliver results through messaging platforms
- Delegate parallel workstreams to specialist bots
- Manage files, run commands, and edit projects from chat or a terminal
- Connect external tools and services through MCP servers
- Run an agent continuously on a VPS, cloud sandbox, or local computer
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Starting price
- $20 per month
- Pricing checked
- 2026-09-19
Free
$0
- Free models only
- Standard rate limits
- $0 monthly credits
Plus
$20 per month
- $22 monthly credits
- $10 rollover cap
- 200+ Models
- Hosted tool usage
- High rate limits
Super
$100 per month
- $110 monthly credits
- $50 rollover cap
- 200+ Models
- Hosted tool usage
- High rate limits
Ultra
$200 per month
- $220 monthly credits
- $100 rollover cap
- 200+ Models
- Hosted tool usage
- High rate limits