Desktop App
The Hermes desktop app is a native app built around the same agent you get from the CLI and the gateway — same config, same API keys, same sessions, same skills
The Hermes desktop app is a native app built around the same agent you get from the CLI and the gateway — same config, same API keys, same sessions, same skills, same memory. It is not a separate product or a lightweight clone; it uses the same Hermes Agent core and settings, and drives it through a modern & thoughtfully designed UI. …
What this page covers
- Install
- What's in the app
- Chat
- File browser
- Voice
- Settings & onboarding
- Management panes
- Keyboard & navigation
- Sessions & profiles
- Updating
- Uninstalling
- CLI reference: hermes desktop
- How it works
- Connecting to a remote backend
- On the backend (the remote machine)
- In the app
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- "Build desktop app" stuck on Electron download
- Building from source
- See also
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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