TUI
The TUI is the modern front end for Hermes — a terminal UI backed by the same Python runtime as the Classic CLI. Same agent, same sessions, same slash commands;
The TUI is the modern front-end for Hermes — a terminal UI backed by the same Python runtime as the Classic CLI. Same agent, same sessions, same slash commands; a cleaner, more responsive surface for interacting with them. It's the recommended way to run Hermes interactively. …
What this page covers
- Launch
- Why the TUI
- Collapsible banner sections
- Requirements
- External prebuild
- Keybindings
- Slash commands
- Live session switcher
- LaTeX math rendering
- Light-terminal detection
- Busy indicator styles
- Auto-resume
- Status line
- Configuration
- Sessions
- How the TUI talks to its gateway
- Reverting to the classic CLI
- See also
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