Who makes Hermes Agent?

Hermes Agent is made by Nous Research.

Does Hermes Agent work in the EU?

Available in the EU. The agent is a free, open-source download for Mac, Windows and Linux with no regional restrictions stated on the site. No explicit EU data-residency information was found for the Nous Portal cloud plans. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.

How much does Hermes Agent cost?

Freemium, open source. Agent is free and open source. Nous Portal: Free ($0, pay as you go, free models only), Plus $20/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo; paid tiers include hosted models, tools and a cloud agent.

Where was Hermes Agent shown?

In 4 creator videos by Matt Wolfe, Matthew Berman. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 21 Aug 2026, at 14:55 in "AI News: OpenAI Just Put the Brakes on AI".

Hermes Agent

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Open-source, self-hostable AI agent from Nous Research with persistent memory, skills, scheduling and multi-platform messaging.

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Hermes Agent at a glance

What is Hermes Agent?: Hermes Agent is an agent from Nous Research. Open-source, self-hostable AI agent from Nous Research with persistent memory, skills, scheduling and multi-platform messaging.
Who makes Hermes Agent?: Hermes Agent is made by Nous Research.
Does Hermes Agent work in the EU?: Available in the EU. The agent is a free, open-source download for Mac, Windows and Linux with no regional restrictions stated on the site. No explicit EU data-residency information was found for the Nous Portal cloud plans. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
How much does Hermes Agent cost?: Freemium, open source. Agent is free and open source. Nous Portal: Free ($0, pay as you go, free models only), Plus $20/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo; paid tiers include hosted models, tools and a cloud agent.
Where was Hermes Agent shown?: In 4 creator videos by Matt Wolfe, Matthew Berman. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 21 Aug 2026, at 14:55 in “AI News: OpenAI Just Put the Brakes on AI”.

Sources: the vendor's own pages (linked above) and creator videos at the linked timestamps. EU status is information, not legal advice; see how we check.

About

Hermes Agent is an AI agent from Nous Research that runs on a user's own machine (macOS, Windows, Linux) via a desktop app or terminal install. It keeps persistent memory across sessions, learns projects, and auto-generates reusable skills from problems it has solved.

It can be reached through Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email and the CLI, sharing one memory across these surfaces. Other capabilities listed on the site include natural-language scheduling of unattended tasks, isolated subagents with their own terminals, web search, browser automation, vision, image generation, text-to-speech, and sandboxed execution on local, Docker, SSH, Singularity or Modal backends.

The agent is described as free and open source, and works with many models, including models served locally (e.g. via LM Studio, per a creator's review). Nous Portal offers optional paid plans with hosted models, hosted tools and a cloud-hosted agent. Details such as the exact license and repository were not included in the provided material.

Key features

Persistent memory and auto-generated skills
Messaging gateway: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, email, CLI
Natural-language scheduled tasks running unattended
Isolated subagents for parallel delegation
Sandboxed execution: local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal
Web search, browser automation, vision, image generation and TTS

4 moments

As seen on YouTube

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Matt Wolfe21 Aug 2026

Live demo

AI News: OpenAI Just Put the Brakes on AI

Agentic harness the creator prefers, similar to Codex or Claude Cowork. It can connect to models served by LM Studio and has a new bots mode.

14:55Open on YouTube

Matthew Berman28 Jun 2026

Live demo

"The best thing since OpenClaw" (Hermes Tutorial)

Open-source agent similar to OpenClaw, with many pre-installed skills, self-healing, scheduled tasks, memory, profiles, plugins, model routing and chat gateways like Telegram. The creator shows setup via Hostinger hosting in under 2 minutes, installs a skill, schedules a task, connects Telegram and generates a Manim video.

0:00Open on YouTube

Matthew Berman24 Jun 2026

You NEED to try these 12 open-source AI projects RIGHT NOW

Open-source agent with about 200,000 stars, presented as an alternative to OpenClaw. It emphasizes self-healing and self-improving skills that fix themselves when they fail.

12:48Open on YouTube